The BMW Alpina B3 Touring Is an Ultra-Cool Obscure ‘90s Wagon

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BMW Alpina B3 Touring review! This Alpina B3 Touring is a seriously special car -- and today I'm reviewing it. I'm going to take you on a thorough tour of the B3 Touring and show you all of its quirks and features -- and then I'm going to get out on the road and drive this rare 1990s performance wagon.

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[danmccarthy]

I love seeing Doug in his happy place- behind the wheel of an obscure, high-performance station wagon.

[wowdogeful]

I love how well integrated the USB ports in the center console are! They have obviously been added later by the current or previous owner, but it's done so well that you wouldn't even notice them unless you were specifically looking for them.

[DrRapN]

My grandfather used to work for ALPINA here in southern Germany. I‘ve always admired the elegance they‘ve managed to add to their tuned cars. Such sleeper cars, especially if you don‘t know the brand and think you‘ve got a normal 3 series in front of you on the autobahn. I feel pure excitement when I‘m actually seeing one of em here on the streets. Timeless classy design with well engineered added power.

[VIPOdyssey]

They actually did a version of these which they shoehorned in a 4.6 V8.

A very rare car. I used to work for Alpina GB and only ever saw 1 which came from the Netherlands

[DotyString]

As I become old I start to understand the alpina ethos more and more. They are performance STREET cars. I really want one. This one in particular is cool.

[owenhumphreys]

Cars like these fascinate me more than the newer, faster high performance cars

[ZachlikesMetal]

5:12 I'm glad you talked about the valve stem thing because when I was going to dismount wheels for a BMW Alpina B6 I was so confused on where the stem was at first about a few years ago. Also the stem goes through one of the spokes to put a sensor in it.

[VolantFool]

There's an even cooler version of this that has a 4.6l V8 with a manual gearbox. It's also the only E36 to ever officially come with a V8 from factory.

[munich.motorwerks]

Despite many people probably not understanding how special this is, this is as cool as it can get. From a time when Alpina cars were all handmade. More special than any M car.

[rickkolesar]

Currently own a 1998 Alpina B6 2.8 touring so was thrilled to see this review. It's one of my favorite cars to drive because a previous owner had installed a 5 spd manual. A JDM example #103.

[Balin]

I saw this car for sale in The Netherlands, really cool to see doug reviewing the exact car. Sometimes the world is small!

[aro]

THIS is the car I have always wanted to own, that I will always want to own and probably never will. Of all the cars in the world, THIS is the one. I am a huge fan of BMW (especially the older ones), but Alpina is something completely special to me.

[jochembeunderman]

It is an import from the Netherlands. There are still Vredestein tyres on it, which are Dutch and good tyres. Like the license plates as well. It was imported into the Netherlands as well by the way. I suspect that this Alpina started it's live in Germany.

[Tmiladinov]

Just a little correction - I think that Alpina used the 2.8 m52 engine and bore it out to 3.2. The only 3.0 straight 6 engine from that time was the s52, and they didn't use that ;)

[tobias_k]

Close to where I live there's someone with a B8 4.6 touring, the only V8 E36 you could buy from factory. Only 27 were made.

[cars]

The growth of "this" is slowing down at quite a significant rate

[superfuzz]

As they say in Germany: "Alpina for the Autobahn and M for the back roads/race track"

[Oli]

Doug is the kind of guy who mentions the Alpina extra gauges but totally forgets the custom blue dials and the 300 kph speedo.

[TKOIII]

20:25 perfect cameo in the background, a clean E38 740il on M Pars

[Timoastra]

It also exists a E36 Alpina B8 with a 4, 6 V8 that also came as a manual and estate version!