Alpina B7 Discontinued And Will Not Get A Successor

It’s the tip of the highway for one of many most interesting efficiency sedans on this planet. Alpina says goodbye to the BMW 7 Sequence-based B7 saloon because the Bavarian firm makes the swap from the G11/12 sequence to the all-new G70 technology. Evidently Alpina, now absolutely owned by BMW, doesn’t plan a successor for the go-fast luxurious cruiser.

In an official put up on Fb, Alpina Belgium pronounces the ultimate B7 has been assembled, and “the period of the BMW Alpina B7 is coming to an finish within the Alpina car manufactory.” The German automaker doesn’t say it immediately, however from the announcement, we get the notion that no alternative is at the moment being developed. Alpina even takes a retrospective have a look at the high-end sedan by saying it now seems to be “again on the fascinating cars which took place in Buchloe on the premise of the BMW 7 Sequence”

With the brand new G70 technology of the 7 Sequence, plainly the Buchloe-based firm gained’t be given entry to the platform for efficiency and luxurious modifications. The brand new Bavarian flagship in combustion and electrical kinds went into manufacturing in July this 12 months and the gross sales are about to begin later this autumn. BMW now even produces the i7’s electrical drive parts in-house at its Dingolfing plant, the place as much as 500,000 electrical automobiles might be assembled yearly.

As for Alpina, the high-performance automaker is switching its focus in direction of SUVs with one of many agency’s newest merchandise being the closely revised XB7. With a brand new face and extra energy than earlier than, the efficiency household hauler is now on sale in the USA priced at $145,000 and not using a $995 vacation spot charge. The primary deliveries are scheduled for the primary months of subsequent 12 months.

The Alpina B7 is now historical past and, not less than for now, there’s no direct alternative deliberate. On the finish of 2025, Alpina will swap to a brand new cope with BMW in all probability altering the technique of the corporate relating to the fashions it should modify with the 7 Sequence being the primary to get axed. Current statements made by BMW officers additionally put the B3 in bother, although there’s nothing confirmed for the three Sequence-based car.