A very rare and very collectable BMW E30 Alpina C2 2.7 Auto 2dr Saloon...

The E30 BMW will forever be a symbol of the 80s, and everyone who was anyone was driving around in a 3 series BMW, it did everything right.

It was great to drive and it was beautifully built, however for a chosen few who knew their cars, the Alpina variant was the car to have.

You could argue that the options and mods weren't worth the £27000 price tag when new.

Yet that misses the point, people bought an Alpina for the bespoke nature of the package, it's still linked intrinsically with the BMW DNA yet to a few it's even better.

Inside, the instrumentation, four spoke leather steering wheel, production plaque all attest to the owners taste and decency in choosing a model above the norm, this is a Q car of uncommon ability with mere mortal looks.

The changes over a 325i Sport involved a change of crank on a 525 eta engine block to 81mm.

Alpina reworked the cylinder head with larger valves and Mahle pistons ...