[cdnalpina]

Good day all,

I have the rare opportunity to get my hands on a B10 3.0 Allrad. I did some research on it last night but there is not very much information that I could find on them.

If there are any members here who own one or if there is anyone on here who knows about them - please enlighten me! I would love to see pics of people's cars, in and out, and get as much technical info as I can - brochures etc. Given that I live in a snowy climate, I think this would be the ultimate winter machine! I have to make my decision tonight...

Thanks so much!

Cheers,

Rob

 

[alpinab846]

The car is based on the 525 iX E34....I think you can get some of them in Switzerland. The 4-wheel-drive in these days is far away from "perfect"-I think its quite ok that these cars are rare.....

 

[Passmore]

A good friend of mine (and board member Dom Graf) has a B10 Allrad.
Check this thread covering a few points on the allrad:

http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=88566&highlight=allrad

Living is Switzerland the all wheel drive does come in handy.

A few pics in these threads:

http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=73466&highlight=allrad

http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=93579&highlight=allrad

:cheers:

Passmore

 

[alpinab846]

There are 4 B10 3.0 Allrad on

www.autoscout24.ch

One very fine example with under 50000 kms-but very expensive....Just have a look

 

[Bierman]

It is indeed based on the 525iX. The engine is the same as in the B3 3.0 and is therefore a larger-capacity version of the 2.5l M50 block. Power and torque are lower though (231PS at 5,800rpm and 312Nm at 4.200rpm for the B10 vs 250PS at 5.700rpm and 320Nm for the B3).

According to the book "BMW Alpina" by James Taylor, Alpina quoted a 0-100 km/h time of 6.3sec and a top speed of 240 km/h.

Hope this helps.

Hannes

 

[cdnalpina]

I would like to say a huge thank you to all of you who gave me info on this car. I went through the links everyone posted etc and.... I am a proud new Papa of another Alpina!!

Alpina B10 3.0 Allrad #52 will have a new home in Calgary Alberta and be joining his Biturbo and B12 5.0 brothers. As luck would have it, they are all diamant schwarz...

 

[alpinab846]

Congrats from my side....even not beeing the fastest one-all wheel drive is a huge argument in Canada......

 

[Passmore]

Congrats Bierman,
A nice addition to your impressive stable!

would be cool if you could post some pics...

 

[Chas C]

Nice one!

It's cool to have 4 Alpinas sitting in the stable :cheers:

 

[cdnalpina]

Yes I look forward to taking a pic with them all lined up together.

I know there are turbo and SC kits for the 325 and 525 engines, maybe I should drop one of those in so it doesn't have an inferiority complex about being sub 300 hp...

 

[puppypilgrim]

The supercharger would be a simple bolt-on and easily doable except for ECU remap...

 

[cdnalpina]

I only have 2 pictures at the moment but here they are...

So here's an interesting tid-bit. Have a look at the headlights... It looks like there is a shield over the lenses, like that of an E39. I have heard of people retrofitting E39 headlights in an E34. Does it look like this could be the case with this car?

 

[Gustav]

:applause: Which oen did you buy? :applause:

I would like to say a huge thank you to all of you who gave me info on this car. I went through the links everyone posted etc and.... I am a proud new Papa of another Alpina!!

Alpina B10 3.0 Allrad #52 will have a new home in Calgary Alberta and be joining his Biturbo and B12 5.0 brothers. As luck would have it, they are all diamant schwarz...

 

[cdnalpina]

:applause: Which oen did you buy? :applause:

Do you mean which one did I buy this time around?

 

[Gustav]

Yup!

Do you mean which one did I buy this time around?

 

[cdnalpina]

This time I bought the B10 3.0 Allrad. I am very excited to get it - hopefully mid to late February. I'll post some better pics once I have in my loving arms.