The new Agent Bi-Turbo continues the Alpina BMW D3 success adventure amorphous in 2006 by the accepted 200 HP (147 kW) Alpina sport-diesel model, with over 850 units awash aback its inception. It is a best adequate acknowledgment to the low emissions and burning discussions of accepted times, and dovetails altogether with of out-of-hand ammunition prices.
The appellation "D" clearly indicates the agent powerplants in the Alpina family. "D" abnormally stands for dynamism. The new D3 Bi-Turbo, adulatory its apple admission at the 2008 GENEVA Salon d'Automobile - with 214 HP/211 bhp (157 kW) @ 4,100 rpm - is an awfully able and almighty high-revving diesel. Lastly, the "D" on the Alpina BMW D3 Bi-Turbo stands for the German "Drehmoment" or torque, which the D3 has in spades. At 450 Nm (332 lbs-ft) of torque from 2,000 to 2,500 rpm, the 2.0-litre, four-cylinder D3 is operating in V8 agent territory, or amidst large-displacement six-cylinder agent engines. With the acquirement of a D3 Bi-Turbo, an Alpina chump owns an agent manual aggregate that is a attenuate and accomplished airiness aback abstinent adjoin its agent competitors.
The affected address in which the ability is delivered can be added aggrandized with the alternative SWITCH-TRONIC automated transmission. Developed by ZF and Alpina in partnership, this sport-automatic is operated via three active modes: D, S and M. Depending on the driver's mood, he or she may let the manual about-face automatically, or about-face manually application buttons on the aback of the council wheel. This affords the broadest spectrum of active fascination.
