Alpina Burkard Bovensiepen GmbH is a German company producing cars based on the BMW brand (signed as BMW-Alpina) based in Buchloe, Bavaria.
The company is a car company which, based on BMW cars, creates new models, it is not a tuning company, which adds only decorative elements or gently transforms serial cars. It is a company that gives the automation a new number. body and creates them under special orders. Cars of this brand are not made by tape, it is manual work. Alpins are produced in a limited number of copies. Cars are stronger compared to serial models. The company's most-known cars include BMW Alpina Roadster V8, based on the BMW Z8, with a 381 hp engine. Another well-known BMW Alpina car is the B10 V8 S. This is a revised BMW 5 Series, with a 375 hp engine.
It all began in 1962, when Burkard Bovensiepen began preparing sets for the BMW 1500 with the necessary piping or assembly instructions. They squeezed an additional 10 HP from the engine. At the initial 80 HP they were a significant injection of vitality, and the upgraded BMW 1500 went faster than the 1600 version. The news about the available modification did not only spread through the word of mouth.
The then automotive press appreciated the solution that Bovensiepen was preparing in the comfort of his father's factory ... typewriters. Following the blow, Burkard created kits for the BMW 1600 and 1800, as well as began to offer accessories - including additional indicators, suspension elements or sports steering wheels.
On January 1, 1965, Alpina Burkard Bovensiepen KG started its operations. The eight-member team does not fall asleep pears in the ash. One of the first successes is the authorization of tuning kits by BMW - their assembly ceases to be synonymous with the loss of the warranty on the engine. An ambitious manufacture developed at a dizzying pace. In 1967, the BMW 1600-2 Alpina appeared - the first car with the name of the manufactory from Kaufbeuren visible on the bodywork.