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After a cryptic teaser just a few days ago, Alpina has lifted the wraps off the fourth member of the GT lineup, the B8 GT. Based on the BMW 8 Series Gran Coupe, the B8 GT is the rarest and most powerful of the last generation of Alpinas built as an independent entity outside BMW's umbrella,

Alpina as an independent entity is going out with a bang with the new 634bhp B8 GT. The most powerful model in the firm’s history will also be the last, before BMW takes over the firm wholesale. Limited to just 99 units, the B8 GT is a tribute to Burkard Bovensiepen, the man who founded the company 60 years ago.

As Alpina is absorbed into the wider BMW universe, so the final models look like being some of the finest in its history. The latest is the B8 GT, derived from the M8 Gran Coupe and with a special significance here as a tribute car to the late Burkhard Bovensiepen,

Apart from the reworked engine, the Alpina B8 GT also gains a modified all-wheel-drive system and differentials, with rear-biased

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As announced back in 2022, after 31 December 2025 the Alpina lineup will be discontinued, and the legendary tuner will officially become part of the good ship BMW. But it would seem that Alpina wants to go out with a bang,

The preexisting agreement between the two brands will expire at the end of this year, so there's still time for one more special car from the "old guard." Meet the B8 GT, the most powerful production car ever produced by the niche marque based in Buchloe.