Alpina's in Magazines (Archive)
This months BMW Car Club Magazine has my little review of the D3 Touring.
2011 BMW 520d M Sport Saloon
2008 BMW 120i M Sport 5 Door
Previous ALPINAs
1984 E28 B9 3.5
1989 E32 B11 3.5
2000 E39 B10 V8 Touring
2005 E85 Roadster S #344
Twitter: d4bmw (follow me for all the latest ALPINA updates and other car related guff)
2008 BMW 120i M Sport 5 Door
Previous ALPINAs
1984 E28 B9 3.5
1989 E32 B11 3.5
2000 E39 B10 V8 Touring
2005 E85 Roadster S #344
Twitter: d4bmw (follow me for all the latest ALPINA updates and other car related guff)
More bloody meguires
Fair play its a good review 


B10 V8 #240
118d M Sport
John Cooper Works (sold)
D3 Touring #183(sold)
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118d M Sport
John Cooper Works (sold)
D3 Touring #183(sold)
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at the min i'e got a small back log of articles to write..
E90 330d sport saloon
E60 M5 Saloon
Geneva Motor Show report
all of which i had hoped to have done by now.. just that the day job is getting in the way..
As for ALPINA specific reviews - I'm working on getting a B5 for a short while to do a back to back comparrision against the M5 as it's been a while since I drove the B5 (will prob wait till the new model comes out in late summer)
and we're also planning on getting an early drive in the new B3 Bi-Turbo so keep watching this space.
E90 330d sport saloon
E60 M5 Saloon
Geneva Motor Show report
all of which i had hoped to have done by now.. just that the day job is getting in the way..
As for ALPINA specific reviews - I'm working on getting a B5 for a short while to do a back to back comparrision against the M5 as it's been a while since I drove the B5 (will prob wait till the new model comes out in late summer)
and we're also planning on getting an early drive in the new B3 Bi-Turbo so keep watching this space.
2011 BMW 520d M Sport Saloon
2008 BMW 120i M Sport 5 Door
Previous ALPINAs
1984 E28 B9 3.5
1989 E32 B11 3.5
2000 E39 B10 V8 Touring
2005 E85 Roadster S #344
Twitter: d4bmw (follow me for all the latest ALPINA updates and other car related guff)
2008 BMW 120i M Sport 5 Door
Previous ALPINAs
1984 E28 B9 3.5
1989 E32 B11 3.5
2000 E39 B10 V8 Touring
2005 E85 Roadster S #344
Twitter: d4bmw (follow me for all the latest ALPINA updates and other car related guff)
Great write up Andy - as always.D4 wrote:This months BMW Car Club Magazine has my little review of the D3 Touring.
It is always worth the wait for your articles

BTW I have submitted a Running Report to BMWCC Magazine which should appear in the next edition - or so Jeff tells me!
Charles
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order

B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Mr. Stucliffe has put a small report together about his D3 in this weeks Autocar - its only a side column.
[spoiler] basically he's found a flaw in the car - seems he's found a slight glitch in higher gears at certain revs - where there is a hesitation - he's done just under 5k and has noticed this 4-5 times. Apart from that he's marked the car down from the previous 100% rating to 98.,9% !
[spoiler] basically he's found a flaw in the car - seems he's found a slight glitch in higher gears at certain revs - where there is a hesitation - he's done just under 5k and has noticed this 4-5 times. Apart from that he's marked the car down from the previous 100% rating to 98.,9% !
That sounds a tad dissapointing anyone else noticed this 

B10 V8 #240
118d M Sport
John Cooper Works (sold)
D3 Touring #183(sold)
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118d M Sport
John Cooper Works (sold)
D3 Touring #183(sold)
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The article states that the problem lies between 2150 & 2180rpm
Not sure how accurate the revcounter is in the D3 nor how tongue in cheek Mr Sutcliffe is being.
Perhaps the answer is to keep the revs up

Not sure how accurate the revcounter is in the D3 nor how tongue in cheek Mr Sutcliffe is being.
Perhaps the answer is to keep the revs up

Charles
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order

B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
I reckon he has nervous twitch in his right pegCharles wrote:The article states that the problem lies between 2150 & 2180rpm![]()
Not sure how accurate the revcounter is in the D3 nor how tongue in cheek Mr Sutcliffe is being.
Perhaps the answer is to keep the revs up

Granted I've only done 1500 so far but no incidence of this..
Don't eat yellow snow.
Grant
Currently: D3 Saloon #254 Montego Blue & E46 SE Conv Mystic Blue
Grant
Currently: D3 Saloon #254 Montego Blue & E46 SE Conv Mystic Blue