Alpina has been in the business of turning out hotted-up Bimmers for half of a century now. The tuning-house-cum-racing-outfit has maintained its independence throughout that time, though, never becoming a slightly different flavor of M car, for instance. That independence, and subsequent spirit, is as clear in this new B7 as it has been on Alpinas we’ve tested in the past. There is a character and feeling to this 7-Series that is, at once, different than what we’d expect from a theoretical M7, and far deeper than a set of cool wheels and blue gauges. (For the record—we do dig both of those things.)
