The 8-Series Gran Coupe is, arguably, the best-looking car in BMW’s stable. It’s a pure grand tourer with a long hood, sleek profile and tight rear-end. Of the available 8s, the new 2022 Alpina B8 Gran Coupe has to be the pick of the crop. There’s a more purposeful front face complete with a splitter; at the back-end there’s a sharper diffuser along with quad tailpipes. It’s a sassy yet understated look that makes the B8 a proper sleeper.
Alpina’s tuning roots go back to 1962 when the company developed a twin-Weber carburetor and intake manifold kit for the lacking BMW 1500. The kit put some fire in its belly and has gone on to represent the company — a stylized version of the original carb kit and a crankshaft form Alpina’s logo today.
Since then, the company has evolved into a full-fledged operation that takes a number of BMW models off the assembly line and then gives them the Alpina once-over. The company’s work may be less well known here in Canada than it is in Europe, but for those who appreciate it for what it is, they discover a rare gem. You see, the Alpina B8 — the B for benzene or gasoline — can be whatever the driver wants. It is a sedate grand tourer that wafts it riders along; it’s also a corner-carving demon that belies its size. After all, it rides on a 3,023-millimetre wheelbase and tips the scales at 2,191-kilograms!
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