Alpina's CEO on the Past, Present, and Future of Fast BMWs

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4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Andreas Bovensiepen is the CEO of Alpina, the famous company that takes BMWs and turns them into some of the fastest and most exclusive sleepers available. Alpina Automobiles was founded in 1965 by Andreas' father, Burkard Bovensiepen. That company started out in typewriters before moving into textiles and ultimately, building fast cars. We know which we prefer. We ask about how the company started; about his experience working for BMW before going to Alpina; attempting to put a V12 in a Z8; why putting an automatic in a car was a good idea; why racing is important; the reason for reasoning behind those famous 20-spoke wheels; why he bought an NSX; and what he thinks of BMW's new grills. Recorded February 10, 2023 It’s time to bring your wallet into the 21st century. Head to GrooveLife.com/TIRE and use promo code TIRE for 20% off ALL Groove Life products! https://groovelife.com/pages/tire?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=influencer&utm_campaign=tire Tune in to the Daytona 500 on Sunday, February 19th at 2:30 PM Eastern on FOX. Want your question answered? To listen to the episode the day it's recorded? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Tweet at us! https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman Click here for the most honest car reviews out there: https://www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire

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0:00.0	And Alpina started with Turbo Engines in 1978.
0:04.4	So the first BMW B7 6 Series and 5 Series were three hundred horsepower and a Porsche
0:12.5	Turbo at the time had 260.
0:14.6	So this was quite a rocket.
0:17.4	You have a couple of those in your collection in there.
0:19.4	Yeah.
0:20.4	Cool.
0:21.4	That's Sharknose 6 Series with the Turbo Engine.
0:23.5	That's really cool.
0:24.5	And there were no systems for like DSC attraction control that doesn't exist at the time.
0:33.0	What's up folks?
0:34.0	Welcome to the Smoking Tire Podcast.
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