Alpina Burkard Bovensiepen GmbH is an automobile manufacturing company based in Buchloe, in the Ostallgäu district of Bavaria, Germany that develops and sells high-performance versions of BMW cars.
Alpina works closely with BMW and their processes are integrated into BMW's production lines, thus Alpina is recognized by the German Ministry of Transport as an automobile manufacturer, in contrast to other performance specialists which are aftermarket tuners.
Alpina Buchloe's Plant
The firm was founded in 1965 by Burkard Bovensiepen, a member of the Bovensiepen family of industrialists.
Burkard Bovensiepen
Burkard Bovensiepen describes his philosophy: “I’m a man of simple tastes. I’m always satisfied with the best”
Inspired by this quote from Oscar Wilde, powered by the will to turn something good into something individual and driven by a great passion for automobiles, I started out at my father’s former typewriter factory to develop a power enhancing multi-carburettor unit for the BMW 1500, and I called it the “ALPINA unit”.
BMW 1600 E10 Alpina
What was eyed by my father rather with mistrust in the day, turned out to become - thanks to the trust put into me by BMW back then - the starting point of a success story.
Between 1968 and 1977, Alpina cars did very well in competition. The highlight was in 1970, when the team's cars won the European Touring Car Championship, the German Hillclimb Championship, rally and track racing championships and the prestigious Spa 24 Hours.
Niki Lauda and BMW 3.0 CSL E9 Alpina
A lot has changed since 1965. The original backyard workshop in Kaufbeuren has evolved into a modern family business over the past fifty years, which lives up to the exclusive demands of its customers worldwide with a current production output of 1,700 automobiles per year.
Alpina B7 E24 Turbo
ALPINA creates exclusive automobiles for a small circle of connoisseurs who appreciate the extraordinary and who know how to enjoy pleasure - cars for automotive gourmets.
Alpina B12 5.7 E31
These vehicles are likely the most renowned individual automobiles based on BMW cars, and have been developed and produced at the small autonomous family business, in friendly cooperation with BMW, for more than 50 years. The love for details is always eminent in this process. Today, company founder Burkard Bovensiepen heads the company together with his sons Andreas and Florian.
Alpina B4S F31 Edition 99
The close cooperation with BMW is the basis for ALPINA’s continued success: it’s what empowers the creation of products that are highly individual while at the same time meeting the stringent quality and safety standards that apply to large-scale production cars.
Tradition and authenticity are important values of the brand.
Alpina B8 Gran Coupe G16