{"id":728982,"date":"2010-05-18T19:25:35","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T23:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/?p=22548"},"modified":"2010-05-18T19:25:35","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T23:25:35","slug":"2011-bmw-alpina-b7-%e2%80%93-first-drive-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/728982","title":{"rendered":"2011 BMW Alpina B7 \u2013 First Drive Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.caranddriver.com\/reviews\/car\/10q2\/2011_bmw_alpina_b7-first_drive_review\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-22577\" title=\"2011 BMW Alpina B7 (European spec)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/2011-BMW-Alpina-B7-placement-440x268.jpg?resize=440%2C268\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"268\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Alpina\u2019s B7 is as close to an M7 as you can get.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For readers who aren\u2019t totally steeped in BMW lore, the Alpina name may be a bit of a mystery. But it\u2019s a pretty simple one to clear up: Alpina is to BMW what AMG used to be to Mercedes-Benz: an independent racing and tuning shop that has factory approval. (AMG is now wholly owned by Mercedes, however.) Alpina, for instance, co-developed the fabulous 3.0 CSL coupe with BMW in the early 1970s and is formally recognized as an automobile manufacturer by the German Federal agency.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-22548\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Keep Reading: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caranddriver.com\/reviews\/car\/10q2\/2011_bmw_alpina_b7-first_drive_review\" >2011 BMW Alpina B7 &#8211; First Drive Review<\/a><\/p>\n<p>No related posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alpina\u2019s B7 is as close to an M7 as you can get. For readers who aren\u2019t totally steeped in BMW lore, the Alpina name may be a bit of a mystery. But it\u2019s a pretty simple one to clear up: Alpina is to BMW what AMG used to be to Mercedes-Benz: an independent racing and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4232,"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-728982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-33DM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728982","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\/4232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=728982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=728982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=728982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}