Highlights Just 44,026 miles on the clock, verified Excellent service record Superb specification inside and out Numerous factory options 435bhp BiTurbo inline-six Overview There are many companies who will take your new car straight from the production line and personalise it, improve it and generally ‘add a bit more’.

Some add little more than a set of wheels and some badges, others completely re-engineer vehicles from the ground up.

However, the sweet spot is occupied by one company and one company only – Alpina.

Of course, they are now a BMW “in-house performance brand”.

But when they operated outside of the full control of the suits from Munich, they produced some of the finest everyday performance cars we’ll ever see.

These engineering wizards somehow took everything that was great about BMW, refined it and reimagined it as something familiar and yet wholly different.

For our money, the B3S Touring is the perfect distillation of everything that made this company great.

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