While the Alpina B4 S Edition 99 is available as
both a Convertible as well as a Coupe, the tuner chose to bring the latter to
the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, with the car on display rocking a dual-tone Fire
Orange and grey liveried exterior.
The car is strictly limited to
99 units and if you stick with the Coupe, you can also have all-wheel drive,
while the Convertible is RWD-only. Additional paint options are available, like
Alpina Blue, Sapphire Black and Mineral White.
The design of the B4 S Edition 99 is based on the
successful BMW Alpina race cars of the 1970s, which is why the German tuner
offers a Fire Orange exterior with a Heritage Design option where selected body
panels are covered in an Anthracite wrap, just like on the Geneva show car. As
for the Alpina Classic wheels, they have a Ferric Grey shine and measure
20-inches in diameter.
Inside, you’ll find either Alcantara Anthracite or
Carbon Leather trim, matte black paddle shifters, a hand-finished Alpina
Lavalina sport steering wheel with contrast stitching, hand-finished floor
mats, stainless steel production plaques with limited edition numbering and
electrically adjustable sports seats. Alpina installed a revised Sport
Plus Suspension to improve driving dynamics, while body reinforcements both at
the front and rear increase torsional stiffness and sharpen up chassis response
and feedback.
The Edition 99 features a lightweight titanium
exhaust system developed together with Akrapovic, while its 3.0-liter
straight-six bi-turbo engine produces 452 PS and 660 Nm of
torque. Flooring it from a standstill means you’ll be hitting 100 km/h in 3.9 seconds if you get the xDrive version, that also has A 303 km/h top speed, or 4.2 seconds for the rear-wheel drive that, however,
maxes out at 306 km/h. Performance is excellent, and both
rear- and all-wheel drive models can be paired up with a limited slip
differential.
