Is the 7 series Alpina the perfect stealth wealth car, /o/?

>>15632305
the alpina style wheels are too distinctive
BMW has never made such kind of wheels

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>>15632305
WHY THE FUCK DO WE NEED HOURLY BMW (broken car) THREADS
Theres a god damn bmw general for a reason.

Needs ecoboost

>>15632305
>stealth wealth

Buzzwords are cancer

>>15632305
A brand new 7 series makes people know you're rich you fucking cunt

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>>15632305
oh, your bmw isn't expensive enough? . . .
we'll take care of that wallet over thickness issue for you

>>15632305
I don't really get Alpinas, what's good about them?

>>15632338
Stealth Wealth

>>15632317
Nor will they. Alpina, Hartge and AC Schnitzer all have their own exclusive wheel patterns. All three of those tuners have been around for decades; it would be pants on head retarded to steal a design so distinctive.

>>15632338

Cool name. Alpina. Just say it. Alpina.

>>15632355
Sounds like a dog food brand

>>15632338
M cars for non fuckbois.

>>15632323
What about "discrete wealth" does that also triggers you?

>>15632338
I don't know about the modern Alpina models, but back in the day, Alpina was one of the first major third party tuners exclusively for BMW cars.

Someone would buy something like an E30 325is for example, then drop it off at Alpina where the suspension would be completely swapped out to something more race inspired. There were most importantly, several different engine trims that one could order from a mild build all the way up to super tweaked full NA builds. They also offered wheel sets and different body kits, lips spoilers and interiors. Lastly, the car received a numbered plaque that was affixed inside the engine bay, designating it as an authentic Alpina along with a serial number.

Alpina and Hartge both offered such services, with AC Schnitzer being more of a bolt on accessory type of speed shop. Then there's Dinan, which in my opinion is a waste of money.

>>15632465
don't forget they produced street legal V8 E36's
look at this shit
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BmxxQHATZXU

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>>15632317
Also style 4s

>>15632465
Would you consider them a coach builder? Back then? Surely wouldn't use that term now since they don't exist anymore.

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>>15632338
Alpina were the only ones who bothered to put a v8 into an e36, bmw couldnt be fucked. pretty cool combo I say.

>distinctive design across all modles
>always put effort into making the car the best it can be
>everything from them is rare and expensive
>alternative to ///M & AC schnitzer

only around 250 e36's were made (high number for alpina cars), it's another way to show your enthusiasm about bmw's without the pajeet stigma of sticking an ///M badge on every panel of a 318i

>>15632305
Hell no. Any remotely recent 7-series absolutely screams "I'm either rich or desperately pretending to be one" in a fifteen mile radius, and the Alpina bits don't magically make it any stealthier. The 3 and 4-series Alpinas make a strong case and the 5-series is debatable, but the 6 and 7 are just luxury on top of luxury and won't fool anyone.

>>15632338
Their focus is in comfort, exclusivity and luxury. Sportiness comes as a distant second, the goal is making cars that are genuinely nice to drive for longer distances.

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>>15632483
They were first and foremost a race team.

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What about the Lexus LS, is that the embodiment of stealth wealth?

>>15632319
You so blindly hate BMWs that you can't even see this is not a BMW thread; rather this is a stealth wealth thread. But ration is lost with you, so good job.

>>15632305
>buying a 7-series after the e38
Shiggy diggy

>>15632305
>implying that the Audi RS7 isn't the best stealth wealth car ever created

>implying normalfags even know what an Alpina is

>>15632568
The non angry one? Yes. The new one? No.

>>15632603
Who cares about what normalfags think? They couldn't tell the difference between a base model 3 Series with stick-on M badging and a M5.

>>15632317
They arem but no pleb could tell the difference from a BMW and an Alpina if it rolled past them.

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>>15632305
Phaeton W12 will forever be the ultimate stealth wealth vehicle

>>15632326

This, even the nouveau riche and poorfags take out loans for only new base 5 series at most.

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>>15632730
unless you nig it

>>15632305
That's the point, in Germany they buy their cars without model badges, so you can't tell an AMG merc to a diesel one, unless you put you foot down

>>15632661
That's part of the allure of driving an authentic E39 M Sport. Only the purists know what it is; the filthy casuals think its just another run of the mill E39.

>>15633058
A mate of mine has a M135i. We give him shit about it looking like a Mazda3 with a BMW front end.

>>15632730
those things are fucking fast though. more like a missle than luxury car

>>15633164
the best of both worlds

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>>15633164
too bad they start rusting after a few years and the W12 is an absolute nightmare to upkeep, not even old BMW V12s are as bad
>>15632600
>Audi
nah, too angry

>>15632305
A normie couldnt tell the difference between a 320i and an alpina 7 series.

>>15633927
yeah my gf was talking to her cousing, telling her how she wants to buy an E30, E36 ir E34 but her cousin called her retarded for calling cars in "stupid codes" and dumb for wanting to buy such old cars
fucking normies man.

>>15634099
cousin*

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>>15634099
>>15634106
Frig off, David.

>E30
I know a girl with an E30 318i. It makes no power whatsoever and spends more time being fixed than on the street. I want to say it looks good in Alpine White but it always looks so dirty.

>E36
She's a keeper.

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>>15632730
>paying 100k for a volkswagen (considering you get it new)
>mfw

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Do you guys have a moment to talk about our lord and savior, the Citroën C6?

>that glorious suspension
that's it really

I think it looks neat as well

>>15632305
this car already looks 30 years old

>>15632305
>Stealth wealth car

Every rich person I know (rich as in already have at least 5 million in assets) drives a Prius, camry, CR-V, or just a fancy Lexus as their daily drive. Now THAT is stealth. Of course, some of them have ferraris, lambos, mclarens, porsche 911s, SLS AMG, etc... but they don't drive it every day.

>>15632305
>0-100 in 3.6s
I would actually buy it over an S63 AMG if I had the money tho.

>>15632730

It might look like just a blinged out Passat, but its still fucking xbox hueg.

>>15632604
Powerfull? No

>>15635636
Why not get M760Li?
>B-Bu-But muh fuel consumption

>>15635328

Basically this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGHdglbiWfA

>>15632326
>>15632523
>>15632803
My point is that the average Joe won't be able to tell the difference between a 3 series and the 7 series.

If you look at BMW cars they all look the fucking same for the non-enthusiast.

The same doesn't happen, for example with the C class and the S class. You can easily tell them apart because of that totally distinctive grill the S class has.

>>15635175
>A new generation C6 will be sold in China only from late 2016, based on the PSA EMP2 platform

It's ded jim

>>15632347
>disguising wealth as a flagship luxury sedan
ok

>>15635858
It looks the sames as a 3 series from the outside

How do you expect to not look rich in a 2016 fucking 7 series you dumb fag

>>15636337
Read the thread you dumb idiot

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>>15635785
>mfw Peugeot keeps fucking up Citroën
looking forward to the DS9 though

>>15635778
Not true. You can get the exact same grille on the C-Class as the S-Class. Just depends on if you go for the sport trim (most popular cause cheaper) or the luxury trim (with the nicer grille).

>>15632305
>BMW

"Stealth wealth" cars aren't from premium brands, dummy.

>>15635080
her first car was an E36+manual so she has a love for bimmers now
but finding a reliable E30 isnt that hard

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>>15632527
BMW will never bring back the New Class or anything close to resembling it.

>>15636909
finding one without rust is another issue tho.

>>15632305
>stealth wealth
It isn't stealth wealth if you have a BMW.

>>15636414
>bmw
>premium brand

>>15636968
>inb4 my toyota is luxurious not your bmw hurr hurr

>>15635171
My neighbor has one. He had to buy a Bentley shop manual for it because the two cars share so much. You can laugh all you want, but it is basically a rebadged Bentley.

>>15636968
BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Lexus, Jaguar, Porsche, etc. are all premium brands. Rolls Royce, Bentley, Maybach, etc. are luxury brands.

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>>15635175
its pretty cool, but i mean, its no DS

>>15636923
there is so much amazing shit BMW will most likely never make again.

what about a 8000+ rpm V10?

anything light as fuck, with CSL is bold letter on the back

anything NA (and with that, anything making more noise at the front than at the back)

anything sleek as fuck (like the fucking 8 series, new one might come back, but it will most likely be fat)

anything that looks mildly intimidating and not angry

>BMW will never be 90s BMW again

>>15637009
>bmw
>luxury

>>15637530
>bmw will never be 90s bmw
>8000 rpm V10
I hope you realize they made the V10 in 2006

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>>15637949
yeah, ofc, but i feel the S85 was some kind of a last hurrah to old bmw

of course, i could be wrong. not like that's never happened before

>>15635328
Exactly if I was rich, I would drive a base model e class.

>>15635636
>3.6s
Fuck I'm just shocked at this.

>>15635673
Its good to know BMW is putting the M badge on the 7 series but nah, this B7 will look different from all of it. The wheels, those badges, etc I like it.

>>15637985
imo the last "hurrah" was the S65, a truly spectacular n/a engine

>>15638269
well, i cant speak for the S65 out of experience, but i will happily go on about the S62, how great it is when it decides to do that, and how it can suddenly decide to piss on you.

but i do like those rev-y V8s

I'm not rich however certainly not poor either.
Clean unmodified trucks are a great stealth wealth mobile as are high end 4 door Audis given few know the difference.