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ALPINA's Biggest Missed Opportunity Was Hiding In Plain Sight: The X5

Summary by BMW BLOG
In 2001, BMW wanted a faster X5 and didn’t have one, so it borrowed ALPINA’s. The 4.6-liter V8 in the E53 X5 4.6is started life as the engine ALPINA developed for the E39 B10 V8, and BMW put it into production as the M62B46. ALPINA did the engineering and BMW sold the SUV. Nobody thought to put the ALPINA badge on it, and 25 years later that still annoys me. Of all the ALPINAs that never got built, the X5 is the one I’d bring back if I could onl…
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BMW BLOG broke the news on Thursday, September 24, 2026.
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