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Old 01-07-2012, 12:57 PM
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I asked this question on another forum but didn't get an answer.

Can someone explain the Alpina naming conventions, particularly on older models?

For example, everyone understands that a BMW 325i is a 3 series car with an injected 2.5L engine. But where do 'C1', B7, and B11 derive from?
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Here is what about the book BMW ALPINA says author James Taylor. I did not give any crib so I hope that the picture will help.

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Thank you ALP1NA. That certainly explains why I was confused by their model names!
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Stirling, we're here to help if you can, does not it. The book http://www.edition-weiss-blau.de/ALP...lpina-Buch.htm, which I also have, an also offers an explanation but book it is in German, so we take this seemed logical.
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Here is what about the book BMW ALPINA says author James Taylor. I did not give any crib so I hope that the picture will help.

This paper is somewhat wrong and confusing. It states that a C code is for a Small Block M60 from around 1980 on. An M60 is a V8 made from 1992 to around 1995. They obviously mean the M20. The Alpina 3 series didn't get a V8 until the E36, which was called a B8 not a C1 or C2.

Basically the naming is very confusing and the article didn't help my including errors.
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The only error I saw in the article was calling the M20 an M60. Everything else seems spot-on as far as I've understood it.

A = M10
B = M30
C = M20

There wasn't a letter for the M7* or M6* motors. They pretty much adapted the "B" for everything.

The V8 E34s were B10s still.
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