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2016 Alpina D3 Biturbo Touring [F31]

2016 Alpina D3 Biturbo Touring [F31] in The Grand Tour, Non-fiction TV, 2016-2024 Ep. 2.03

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2016 Alpina D3 Biturbo Touring [F31]

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dragonboy ◊ 2017-12-31 00:29	EIther a B3 or D3 but without numberplate or badge, not distinguishable
dsl ◊ 2017-12-31 01:18	I've run this clip a few times in slow-mo and still can't get the plate. If it was S17 NER, it's a Sytner (Alpina UK) demonstrator plate, seen on a 2015 D3 Biturbo Touring and therefore a bit of a fake for something accidentally found in the office car park. -- Last edit: 2018-01-01 01:19:39
Exiv96 ◊ 2018-01-01 00:52	Fakery on the Grand Tour !? Well I never ! By the way, you link goes to some american music video.
dsl ◊ 2018-01-01 01:20	Thanks - corrected.
Longtail ◊ 2018-01-19 23:04	According to general trivia on Amazon Prime its a D3 Touring. Other cars from the car park film are also mentioned. -- Last edit: 2018-01-19 23:18:35
Longtail ◊ 2018-01-19 23:21	dsl wrote I've run this clip a few times in slow-mo and still can't get the plate. If it was S17 NER, it's a Sytner (Alpina UK) demonstrator plate, seen on a 2015 D3 Biturbo Touring and therefore a bit of a fake for something accidentally found in the office car park. Not trying to be defensive but considering some of the cars were fleet cars and rentals/ leases maybe that might explain the demonstrator car's presence. -- Last edit: 2018-01-19 23:31:00
dsl ◊ 2018-01-19 23:39	S17 NER also seen on an earlier Sytner demo car here - /vehicle.php?id=190208 . I read some time back that UK Alpinas are converted by Sytner in Nottingham - we don't get German conversions here if this is still the case.
Exiv96 ◊ 2018-01-20 01:47	But "converted in the UK" doesn't mean "made in the UK", surely ?
dsl ◊ 2018-01-20 01:58	Why not? Is the scenario any different from for instance campers or ambulances?
rtsbusman1997 ◊ 2018-01-20 03:23	Technically conversion in a nation for legal sale (including body and mechanical work and specialty bodies) is a "made in" situation.
Exiv96 ◊ 2018-01-20 05:27	I totally agree for works where the body is made by an external company in another country (buses, campers, and so on) but here, we're talking about a conversion from LHD to RHD, right ? I wouldn't put that in the same basket, because there's no external, visible modifications to the car. It's still the same BMW-based Alpina. rtsbusman1997 wrote Technically conversion in a nation for legal sale (...) is a "made in" situation. In that case, following that logic, all these second-hand JDM-spec cars exported in Peru and locally converted to LHD, because they have to, should they be classified as "made in Peru", even though they're "made for J" ? That makes no sense.
dsl ◊ 2018-01-20 13:38	Exiv96 wrote .... but here, we're talking about a conversion from LHD to RHD, right? No. Much more than that if my info is still correct. As I understand it Sytner convert BMWs into Alpinas in the UK - they're not imported in Alpina form. This was often mentioned in UK magazine/TV reviews a few years back when Alpinas were big media favourites, particularly as Sytner developed a few UK-only sub-variations or tweaks - can't remember the details, but I think we got a wider range of Alpina'd diesels compared to elsewhere. Nothing to do with LHD to RHD as the BMWs arrive off the boat with RHD.

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