# BMW alpina roadster?

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**Created:** [June 1, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-alpina-roadster/197776 "2008-06-01T13:44:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![kmurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c57346/32.png) [@kmurph](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kmurph)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-alpina-roadster/197776/19 "2008-06-13T21:03:39Z")

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> [@WTB: server](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-server/36632/4):
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> Apparently it was a z8 Alpina, I’ve never seen one before today. Definitely different.
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> “The $128,000 car had an all aluminum chassis and body and used a 4.9 L (4941 cc) 32 valve V8, that developed 400 hp (294 kW) and 500 Nm (363 ft·lbf). This engine was built by the BMW Motorsport subsidiary and was shared with the E39 M5.”
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> ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/twincamz1320/alpina.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/9/d/9d7ca4874129ed7cf96b9b1a7764905973cc526b.jpeg)
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> ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/twincamz1320/alpina2.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/1/9/1922f063f00666fce15788478c79114b9bf013fa.jpeg)

An Alpina Z8 has a modified “standard” BMW 4.8L v8 which produces a little less power but more torque than the ///M S62 V8 - 375hp/383lbs-ft. instead of 394hp/363lbs-ft.

After BMW stopped producing the e39 M5 in 2003, BMW stopped offering the Z8 with the ///M s62 motor (which was shared with the e39 M5). They, instead, continued with an Alpina tuned car which had the different motor plus and an automatic tranny. It’s a nice looking car…one of the last by BMW, IMO…the car designer was Henrik Fisker who later moved on to Aston Martin in 2001…

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