Ngokuhamba kweminyaka, kwaye ngenxa yokwala kweBMW ukuvelisa iM7, bekuxhomekeke kuAlpina ukuba aphendule “kwiimfuno” zabo bafuna i-sporter 7 Series. Kunjalo ngoku ngeB7 kwaye kwakunjalo ngeminyaka yee-1990 xa inkampani yokwakha yaseJamani yathatha i-7 Series (E38) yaza yenza IAlpine B12 5.7.
Ngokusekelwe kwimodeli esetyenziswe nguJason Statham kwifilimu yokuqala kwi-saga "I-Transporter", i-Alpina B12 5.7 esekelwe kwi-Series 7 (E38) yaveliswa phakathi kwe-1995 kunye ne-1998 kwaye iiyunithi ezingama-202 zizonke zaphuma kumgca wokuvelisa.
Kwezi, ngama-59 kuphela ahambelana nohlobo olude, kunye ne-wheelbase emide, kwaye ngomnye waloo mizekelo inqabileyo ukuba i-fandesi eyaziwayo u-RM Sotheby's ilungiselela ukuthengisa ifandesi kumsitho oqhuba kude kube yi-4 ka-Agasti nalapho kuqikelelwa ukuba le kopi iya kuza kuqokelelwa isixa-mali phakathi kwe-50 kunye ne-60 lamawaka eedola (phakathi kwe-42 kunye ne-50 yamawaka eeuro).
IAlpina B12
Ngobuhle, iAlpina B12 ilandele "kwileta" isiko lophawu lwaseJamani (ewe, iAlpina, ngokusemthethweni, ngumvelisi wemoto kwaye iimodeli zayo zinenombolo yazo yesiriyeli, eyahluke ngokupheleleyo kwezo zisetyenziswa yiBMW). Ngale ndlela, iveza inkangeleko eyingqondi evumela ukuba ibonakale ngokulula kuyo yonke i-7 Series (E38).
Ngaphandle, iAlpina wheels, Alpina Blue Metallic paint kwaye ngaphakathi sineefinishi nezixhobo ezithile ezifana nezitulo zombane, isandisi-lizwi esinekhasethi neCD player, iitafile zezitulo zangasemva kwaneclimate control kumntu obuyela apho.
Nangona kunjalo, kwisahluko somatshini apho iingongoma eziphambili zeAlpina B12 zinomdla. I-injini, i-V12 enekhowudi engu-M73, yabona ukufuduka kwayo "kwenyuka" ukusuka kwi-5.4 l ukuya kwi-5.7 l, ifumene iivalve ezintsha, iipiston ezinkulu kunye ne-camshaft entsha. Konke oku kwamvumela ukuba abonelele nge-385 hp kunye ne-560 Nm.
Uthumelo lwaluphethe i-automatic-speed-speed transmission esuka ku-ZF, eyayinenkqubo ye-“Switch-Tronic” ka-Alpina, yokuqala ehlabathini ukuvumela ukutshintsha kwebhokisi yegiya usebenzisa amaqhosha akwivili lokuqhuba.
Konke oku kuvumele iAlpina B12 5.7 ukuba ibaleke iye ku-100 km/h ngee-6.4s nje ukuya ku-280 km/h. Ukugqibezela iseti yotshintsho kwakhona siye samiswa ngokutsha (enesprings sportier kunye ne-shock absorbers) kunye neziqhoboshi ezinkulu.
ikopi iyathengiswa
Ngokuphathelele ikopi ethengiswayo, yawushiya umgca wemveliso ngo-1998 kwaye ukususela ngoko ihambe malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-88 amawaka. Ithathwe ngaphandle ngumnini wayo ngoku ukusuka eJapan ukuya eKhanada, imoto iziveza, ngokumangalisayo, inepleyiti yelayisensi… Isi-Ukrainian.
Ngokuphathelele imeko yayo ngokubanzi, ngaphandle kwamanqaku ambalwa (amancinci) anxibayo, le Alpina B12 ibonakala ilungele ukwenza into eyazalelwa ukuyenza: ukuthutha umniniyo omtsha ngokuthuthuzela, ukunethezeka kunye (okuninzi) isantya. Okwangoku, kwaye nangona uqikelelo, ibhidi ephezulu kakhulu kwi-US $ 33 lamawaka (kufutshane ne-27 yewaka lamawaka).