{"id":661067,"date":"2010-02-10T20:01:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T01:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/02\/10\/chicago-2010-bmw-ends-three-year-alpina-b7-drought-for-2011\/"},"modified":"2010-02-10T20:01:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T01:01:00","slug":"chicago-2010-bmw-ends-three-year-alpina-b7-drought-for-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/661067","title":{"rendered":"Chicago 2010: BMW ends three year Alpina B7 drought for 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Chicago Auto Show<\/a>, Sedan<\/a>, Performance<\/a>, BMW<\/a>, Luxury<\/a><\/p>\n

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2011 BMW Aplina B7 – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nNot only will BMW<\/a> not make an M7, but they even stopped making the incredibly-close-to-an-M Alpina B7 a few years ago. That car could hold its head high against competitors like the Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG<\/a>, Audi S8<\/a> and Bentley Flying Spur Speed<\/a>, with extra horsepower, refined handling and unique looks setting it apart from standard 7 series<\/a> fare. Sadly, that car was only produced from 2007-2008 and since ’09 there’s been nothing to fill the void.<\/p>\n

Today in Chicago we saw a bright light on the horizon. Just in time to do battle with the upcoming Jaguar XJR<\/a>, Porsche Panamera Turbo<\/a> and the like, BMW unveiled the 2011 Alpina B7<\/a>. Functional front and rear fascias and spoilers, 20-spoke, 21-inch Alpina wheels, hand-stitched “Lavalina” leather and Alpina badges and sills differentiate this from lesser 7s. <\/p>\n

Underhood there’s a 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 with 500 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque – 100 hp and 66 lb-ft better than the 750i, with a 0-60 dash of 4.5 seconds. Available in short wheelbase for $122,875 or extended wheelbase at $126,775, it’s a helluva car for helluva lot scratch. Press release after the jump and live gallery below.<\/p>\n

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Gallery: 2011 BMW Alpina B7<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nLive photos copyright (C)2010 Frank Filipponio\/Weblogs, Inc.<\/small><\/em><\/strong>
\n[Source: BMW]<\/p>\n

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Filed under: Chicago Auto Show, Sedan, Performance, BMW, Luxury 2011 BMW Aplina B7 – Click above for high-res image gallery Not only will BMW not make an M7, but they even stopped making the incredibly-close-to-an-M Alpina B7 a few years ago. That car could hold its head high against competitors like the Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-661067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2LYn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}