Alpina Production Number Location

[IHCKoy]

Hello All,
I'm new to the forum and wanted to say hello and also ask a question. I recently purchased a 2013 F01 Alpina B7 Xdrive. It is Singapore Grey Metallic. I was going to register it on this site. I was looking on this forum and online to determine its Production Number. The Alpina Tag in the interior is not stamped with a Number. I was wondering on this year of car, is it hidden somewhere out of plain view? Any Suggestions, or is it perhaps in the VIN?

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[JohnW]

If it is an Alpina VIN (not the struck out BMW VIN) it is the last 3 digits.

[Charles]

US cars don't get a production number on the plaque

[jolls]

Am I right in saying that USA cars only have the original BMW VIN and not the 2 VIN's shown on European cars?

[JohnW]

Am I right in saying that USA cars only have the original BMW VIN and not the 2 VIN's shown on European cars?

I wasn’t aware of that Stateside, apologies, if that is the case and it’s not on the plaque, then I would see if there’s anything in your ownership documents, especially the Alpina Service book, mine is hand written in there by the dealer (Sytner in the UK), failing that I would speak with the original dealer who supplied it new.

[IHCKoy]

US cars don't get a production number on the plaque

Ahhhhhhhh, Thanks so much for the info!

[IHCKoy]

Am I right in saying that USA cars only have the original BMW VIN and not the 2 VIN's shown on European cars?

I wasn’t aware of that Stateside, apologies, if that is the case and it’s not on the plaque, then I would see if there’s anything in your ownership documents, especially the Alpina Service book, mine is hand written in there by the dealer (Sytner in the UK), failing that I would speak with the original dealer who supplied it new.

From what I'm lseeing from researching, that seems to be the case here in the USA.

[v8 ego]

Alpina is a car manufacturer in its' own right but, as I understand it, for the cars to be sold with the BMW VIN scratched and an Alpina VIN instead would have a required a whole load of type approval/crash testing so they are sold as BMWs without the Alpina VIN to avoid any additional legislative requirements.