Speaking of Alpina, this is the blind spot of most people's knowledge, let alone ordinary fans. Senior fans who are not deep enough may not be able to tell why. Perhaps only the old players who are obsessed with BMW performance cars have heard its legend. On the minority, it is really hard for any manufacturer to dare to compete with Alpina. The whole car factory has a total of employees 140 people, and the annual mass production is 600 units. The probability of seeing it in China is comparable to that of the three major cars.

Alpina, a brand that specially refits BMW, is an unusually high-profile modified car brand. Very picky about customers, refused to accept other business except BMW. Many people will wonder if Alpina and BMW are inextricably linked. In fact, reading all kinds of information and news failed to find any connection, and the familiar M Power is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BMW. Of course, the story of Alpina and BMW didn't just start. At first, Alpina provided a lot of support for BMW in racing, which enabled BMW to win numerous championships on the field, so Alpina simply devoted herself to developing new racing technology for BMW. After a long time, she slowly explored a set of BMW modification experience.

The modified cars launched by Albina include not only BMW's 3 Series, 5 Series and 7 Series, but also BMW's popular sports car Z4. Let's take Albin Nab4 as an example to say a few words. The appearance refuses to make public, and the strength is amazing. Even in the eyes of countless experienced players, if Alpina B4 did not replace BMW's blue sky and white clouds propeller logo with its own shield logo, it would be difficult for everyone to see that this is a deeply modified car. The change in appearance is limited to the small enclosure around the car body. The wheel hub is Alpina's signature multi-spoke style, and the elliptical aluminum alloy exhaust is at least better than M4. Original factory? A lot. But many people still like M4' s exaggerated aerodynamic package, and always feel that this is what a performance car should look like.

But only when you open the hood of Alpina B4 will you realize that Alpina has used all her skills internally. You should know that all Alpina are not modified based on M series, but ordinary 435i. Alpina engineers added another turbine to the single-turbine N55 engine of 435i. After re-tuning, this N55 twin-turbo engine can produce 465,438+00 horsepower and 600 Nm, which is no less than M4.

Not only the engine, but also the original 435i four-wheel drive system, suspension and gearbox have been upgraded by Alpina, and the response speed has been improved, even exceeding the M4 by a lot. It can be seen that Alpina engineers are well versed in this. So Alpina B4 is better than M4? Although I agree with the performance of Alpina B4, objectively speaking, it is a bit unrealistic to surpass M4 in all directions. After all, its foundation is only a 435i. Almost all parts of the M4 S55 engine have been strengthened by BMW's original sports department. Not only that. The carbon fiber roof and transmission shaft on M4 are also not available in Alpina, and the gap is far beyond what it looks like on the surface.

There are two sides to this story. AlpinaB4 is not cheap. If you spend more than one million dollars on M4, there are tens of thousands left. Isn't it good to buy a set of PS4S high-performance tires? However, cost performance is nothing in the eyes of players. Radish and vegetables have their own tastes. If you are lucky enough to experience the Alps and M4 at the same time, it will be a great experience.