500 hp supercharged *bone stock* BMW.......
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Alpina is a registered car manufacturer in Germany that has a relationship with BMW. You can think of them as something like Saleen and how it will do things to Mustangs that retain a factory warranty and can be bought from a Ford showroom. Alpina has been taking factory BMWs and doing various flavors of forced induction, suspension, and interior mods on them for at least 25 years.
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thrash wrote:
Alpina is a registered car manufacturer in Germany that has a relationship with BMW. You can think of them as something like Saleen and how it will do things to Mustangs that retain a factory warranty and can be bought from a Ford showroom. Alpina has been taking factory BMWs and doing various flavors of forced induction, suspension, and interior mods on them for at least 25 years.Quite obviously......read one of the first paragraphs ( a bavarian tuning company)
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"tuning company" leaves a lot of room for interpretation. Vishnu tuning isn't a vehicle manufacturer, but they still modify BMWs (well, as of the E90 335i). Prodrive builds cars from the bare chassis up, but is also not a vehicle "manufacturer".
The point of my response was to try and call out the difference between Alpina and the word "tuner" the way it is often used. Hondata for instance isn't a "tuner" in the same way that Alpina is. IIRC, Alpina vehicles have Alpina VINs on them.
Who's message was potentially more interesting or valuable, my attempt at clarification or your attempt to be dismissive?
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thrash wrote:
"tuning company" leaves a lot of room for interpretation. Vishnu tuning isn't a vehicle manufacturer, but they still modify BMWs (well, as of the E90 335i). Prodrive builds cars from the bare chassis up, but is also not a vehicle "manufacturer".The point of my response was to try and call out the difference between Alpina and the word "tuner" the way it is often used. Hondata for instance isn't a "tuner" in the same way that Alpina is. IIRC, Alpina vehicles have Alpina VINs on them.
Who's message was potentially more interesting or valuable, my attempt at clarification or your attempt to be dismissive?
I have Vishnu in my Evo.....:p I think my first message was most valuable, the reason for this thread.
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thrash vs the Modenator, or you could say thrash vs the Adminator
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thrash wrote:
Agreed - and thanks for the links and writeup. As a long time BMW fanatic I was just trying to add some clarification that those not familiar with the German brands might be interested in knowing.Its all good:D . Maybe I came off wrong....anyways its a pimp car.
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