The Alpina B8 is the Connosseur's Autobahn Burner - One Take

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In this episode, Matt heads over to Bavaria, land of BMW's, to test a true connosseur's Autobahn special, the Alpina B8. After visiting the factory where these cars are heavily modified, we find a quiet backroad to test the vehicles speed and handling, but not before hitting almost 190 mph (legally) on the highway. With over 600 horsepower, all-wheel-drive, and details stealth and up front, it's the gentleman's ride of choice in Bavaria.
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The Alpina B8 is the Connosseur's Autobahn Burner - One Take
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[@TheSmokingTire]

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[@HigherEducationAwakening]

love your videos over the years keep rockin 🎸

[@JohannesNielsen]

You are indeed being a good forgien neighbour

[@LitleBear]

No one accidentally ends up in an Alpina, that's why they are cool.

[@WillSatchwell]

Love Alpina. Their B5 Touring is possibly the most perfect car in existance today.

[@JaySinead12]

No there d3.

[@tlrprice7]

I love what Alpina stands for and how they make cars the B3 or D3 touring would probably be the best daily ever!

[@IwillBwaiting]

What they stood for. Check their latest electric adaption of the 3-series:(

[@tlrprice7]

@@IwillBwaiting I am not for electrification personally but it seems that is the future for now.

[@chadtulumalo5472]

Just got back from German/Austrian vacay with the wife and family. You have to get yourself in a car like this and drive these roads. It is life changing! Lol. Thanks for another great video!

[@RS8715]

I think a video on Matt's notebook would be interesting.

[@spt832]

What a beautiful machine. Love the slightly understated approach here. Great review!!

[@geemanbmw]

Matt you summed it up perfectly calling it stealth wealth and a fine tailored suite and you definitely have matured in your summary description. Well done video matt thank you!

[@steviedee71]

I love how you explained this car simply brilliant 👏

[@Phauglin99]

As a European I am super glad you got to show your large audience how some of our B roads look like over here! I am glad you briefly talked about the cultural context of this car as well, helps you realize why it might be more useful on European highways as opposed to the ones in the US given the lack of speed enforcement here. Hope you enjoyed your trip, I hope you get to film more videos around here in the future.

[@starfox_wr-45e93]

*German Highways Anywhere else in Europe and you're going to prison for using anymore that 6/10ths of this performance. I think Switzerland would probably turn you away at the border if they knew this things potential. $4000 fine and a ban for going 144kph in a 90kph zone 😭

[@Phauglin99]

@@starfox_wr-45e93 I know what I said:) Going east from Germany to Prague the highway has great tarmac and very low traffic. You can safely do 160-180 kmh and barely notice you're not in Germany anymore. But you're right, if you get clocked in doing over 180 kmh, say goodbye to your driving license

[@lexburen5932]

@@starfox_wr-45e93 you shouldnt drive that fast where it is not allowed

[@rpitneyjr]

The unskippable ads are making YT very difficult to watch anymore.

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[@HearingAidGuy69]

Yes, and they've started pushing Premium more than ever.

[@Nick22257]

I second this, Premium is very worth it to me personally as i use YT daily. You can always use the fast forward feature to skip the channel specific sponsors that don’t apply to you. It becomes habit quickly.

[@davect01]

I get ya but also you are watching free content

[@StephenCornelius]

Great video, lovely road. I know it wouldn't have been a one take but would have liked to see some of the autobahn drive you kept referencing in the video.

[@dsher503]

Beautiful scenery. As other people have said, I really wish that we could buy the wagons over here. Such all around amazing cars.

[@torpedo35]

Hauling ass early in the morning on German b roads, in the mountains, is truly a pleasure. The only place for me where getting to and fro from work was the highlight of the day.

[@oldschoolmasters8600]

Awesome video Matt!

[@poosie1guy]

Enjoyed this review Farah, looking well my man. Take care.

[@camelapodo]

Those roads are gorgeous

[@timmietz]

I love my Alpina XB7 that I picked up last year. It is truly a very well-built vehicle. I believe that the extra money that they charge versus the regular BMWs is truly justified. Unfortunately, the custom interiors that Matt was referring to, I’m not available in the United States. I mean for the United States market. That would be the LAVALINA leather which is absolutely amazing and as about $20-$25,000 extra in Europe, but probably worth every penny.

[@nicholascenci8808]

woah

Maybe if you drive naked.

[@joetacchino4470]

I find it ironic that BMW's own M Division has turned into Alpina. Whereas M used to be high revving NA enignes and manual gearboxes, Alpina was always stout auto transmissions, forced induction and instant, relentless shove. Now M's are also forced induction and not even DCT's but straight torque converter autos. Except that instead of fully adopting the Alpina mantra, they go for the hardcore suspension settings. As Matt says "motorsports theater" but no real motorsports chops. When the Z8 came out with the Alpina version, I couldn't figure out why someone in a 2 seat roadster would want to trade the E39 M5's lovely engine and manual gearbox for the normal 540's V8 and autobox. But now, i'd much rather have an Alpina B8 over an M8 Competition. Much more suited for the mission.

[@EMPcharged]

What a beautiful car, but an even more beautiful place. I love the forest to fields of the German landscape and the Alpina Green fits right in.

[@k2gh]

Alpina is still a brand, you fail to mention that. You did mention some of the extensive unique features Alpina changes to BMW stock cars. If you buy an Alpina, the BMW chassis numbers are erased and replaced by Alpina's numbers, on your car registration it says Alpina. That being said @Matt Farah, awesome review of what Alpine is about with all their models Jeremy Clarkson (in the BBC Top Gear show) did a segment on a BMW M5 on the track, liked it there to play with, still said he would not buy one because the most of your daily drive is on the open road, at the end of that bit, he drove an Alpine B5 home from the track... what you want to drive every day

[@robertchubb5602]

So spot on..another great review by Matt. Alpine are just soooooo subtle that they in many eyes slip under the radar...but are inexorably the set standard for those that enjoy the fine things in life but the pose irritates them...Oh and what make is that cool jacket Matt is wearing?

[@2bunphettered788]

Nice ride, beautiful countryside. 👌

[@bivouaqc]

Kind of a cool car philosophy. High speed comfort. I like it.

[@justinelliott293]

That road is beautiful

[@christianfloehr]

Nice GMT Mat… as always very cool Video! So nice car.. stealth wealth. Thats all about!

[@cameronstewart6193]

Really well done.

[@Boomtowndogs]

Friend's mom has one, with the two tone orange interior. It's massive, so plush and so fast. Much of what you said about the prospective buyer is true for her lol.

[@Handcannon77]

Seems like a fantastically engineered car with great attention to detail, and the uniqueness and prestige that comes with seeing a rare alpina is awesome(I have a neighbor with one of the 2020 alpina x7's blacked out with these neon yellow calipers and details and its beautiful, and rare to see). That being said, I certainly wouldnt be against owning one of their vehicles, but still if I had to choose between one of these b8's and the comparatively priced RS7, id pick the RS7 almost every time unless I was traveling long distances in the car regularly. The performance and agility of the RS7 is just incredible, albeit probably a bit less luxurious on the interior(more of a subtle, minimalist sense of luxury in the rs7), and the RS7's hatchback style makes it a more practical vehicle as well, either way both are incredible cars that are simply built for slightly different purposes.

[@mufflejoy]

Watching this clip driving at speed on a road that was at multiple places indicated for 60 km/h was thoroughly uncomfortable.

[@MFV12]

What a car, nice to see you in Germany ;) I like Alpina but soon they are a part of BMW..... Let us see what the future of Alpina will be. I drive the last car out of Buchloe with a manual, a D3 E91 :p Hope it will be with me for many years to come.

[@pero2727]

The bigger rear disc is for the electronic LSD, witch is just the abs unit applying brake force to the slipping wheel in the back. I have the same thing on my f31 3 series with the M-performance brakes; the rear disks are bigger.

[@brendanchapman9270]

Thanks. I heard it and went huhhhh?

[@webfreakz]

What a ride through those forests!

[@nofront711]

You don't really see it in the video but this road is really narrow , small and very bumpy. The way this car drives there is outstanding

[@lucianalamo5887]

"Connaisseur" as true frenchism, or "Connoisseur", in bad english 😉 Glad you're back in Germany. I still remember your stop at the Pistenklause with Mr Harris. I ended visiting the place because of you.

[@johvanortiz6267]

When I see an M car: ooh cool. When I see an Alpina: WOW.

[@pavelmintz]

You really captured the essence of Alpina. I drive b3s e91 Allrad. 1 of 91 made. Black on brown interior like in this one. I own it since 2014. Will never sell it. Have other cars, but the Alpina is just pure magic. Even superbicks drivers give thumbs up 😅 And I also love white gold or platinum watches 😊

[@tomranum6]

Alpina is for the thinking M guy. Loved your comment: I try to be a good foreign neighbour, shows you have very good parents ;) Money talks, wealth whispers ! The latter are buyers of the car. Great video! Kudos!

[@GOINFINITI]

This is a spot-on article about Alpina - you nailed the explanation. Ever since I drove the Alpina 5 series I really loved it and came to respect the brand. It really is not just some tuner company, they really do transform the car from the ground up. If M cars today are trying to be the racers on the road - this is a true and much more usable sports car made for 95% of situations on the road. Sadly they sold the Alpina brand name to BMW, where I am afraid the BMW marketing department will whore-out the living shit out of the badge presumably making it also an equipment package - just like they did with their own M badge. M cars used to be something really exclusive, but these days when you see a NON-M with entry engine and with some optical "M package" and stupid fake badge - that is the reason real that also M cars lost their appeal to me. So my advice is - get yourself the real ALpina car while you can and just enjoy and take good care of it - it will be really valuable some day.

[@sanscipher]

Yes, the end of Alpina is really sad, as you've already pointed out, the corporation will milk the name for money and disregard what it actually stands for. I get that emission regulations and a shift towards BEVs is not going to be something the small company can sustain, but it's really sad, nevertheless. But now is the time to still buy one, if you can. They've always been going up in value much earlier and much more than M cars, and with the last batch of *real* Alpinas, this will only increase.

[@Boomtowndogs]

My neighbor has an X3 with the M body kit and "X3M" as a vanity license plate. M used to be so special. Sad how times change.

[@nofront711]

That's my home road track lol, how funny is that 😂

[@aguruattapiano]

those roads look amazing

[@allenmoody7527]

That looks like the car collector cafe from Gran Turismo 7 at 10:11

[@glord49]

Great video

[@performingspecs7841]

Love that car!

[@Br1anuk]

Got to have the pinstripes on an Alpina

[@ikbendusan]

colour is amazing

[@markvergara]

I have a very long commute and this is actually in contention now.

[@NenadTrajkovic]

True autobahn beast 👍

[@incargeek]

Sounds way better on the launch than other recent flat-plane M V8s.

[@BPawn6]

Love the car! Great vid (how much crew do you use?)! Who's spiking your reply?

[@ThaRealCaine]

footage from the autobahn would have been sweet:) I like the look too

[@chrise2329]

For when you need to go from Munich to Stuttgart as quickly as possible. I'd love an Alpina, I do hope the takeover by BMW doesn't mean they disappear into just a trim level.

[@RealRacingRoots99]

Never seen Matt so relaxed ever.

[@mornadu]

Good video

[@Lukas323f]

i hope you made a stop at RUF down in Bavaria too

[@stephanepierrot623]

"connaisseur" Matt, from the French "connaître" which means "to know". Just my little contribution to a very enjoyable podcast 😉

[@user-dw4cv3xq5u]

Mother of god it’s beautiful.

[@Rick2010100]

OAL (Landkreis Ostallgäu) this is really deep in remote Bavaria.

[@kroffustsnail]

It is really funny how the preview frames for this channel's videos are almost always the midroll ads I skip past. I'd complain more but I know these companies are still offering hilarious money for these reads.

[@plutodestroyer12]

i love the alpina cars

[@BMWROYAL]

Love you channel definitely need a better camera set up or increase the iso and aperture for the interior camera

[@ShooterSanoff]

You should have come to San Francisco CA the same car parks in my parking garage.. same exact car and color

[@MariktheWolf]

i wish we in the US got more Alpina models...def a market for the xd3 and they could do a x5 version...just with 3 gas engine choices...the b58 s58 and s68...x3 having the b58 and s58...the x5 having the s58 and s68...think that would work well

[@reddstool1023]

Matt can adapt to any car. He’s amphibious.

[@AaronSmith561]

Amphibious? I'm not so sure. Amorphic maybe

[@twobighams]

The philosophy they have reminds me of the old school v8 mercs.

[@TheCL296]

Matt always on top of his watch game

[@Derek_T]

Someone in my parking garage has a blue one. Very pretty but I like the B7 better. The 7 has way more presence.

[@mroaktree1162]

Agreed, looks wise the B7 is where it's at

[@ShaftSteel]

The word Matt is trying to describe is "refined".

[@Dr650rob]

Great landscape and great car

[@SOMNIOHM]

☝🥇🖤Such a sick car!

[@imranabbasi7871]

I love your bmw b7 sedan

[@ShaiyanHossain]

the euro spec bmws look so much better than the US ones simply because they don't have the fugly amber sidemarkers

[@asmircar1]

what is difference between forest green and british racing green ?

[@bigmountain7561]

Hi Matt, a B8 person was raised in the Northeast went to a highly regarded prep school and basically spent half or all of his life at the country club. Discerning tastes in food and music but is well liked and respected by all they gather with, usually a hedge funder that wants to be different. Anyone can buy an AMG or a Porsche but an Alpena is a rare breed like a 12 monster that dresses out at 258 lbs. Great Videos Thank You 🙏.

[@SpontaneousEvolution]

BMW do great interiors anyway but Alpina take paint colours and interior options to another level. Then there's Audi who have about two interiors to choose from😐

[@tcaudiobooks737]

You're in the UK I'm guessing?

[@SpontaneousEvolution]

@@tcaudiobooks737 from Ireland, drove an A4 there. Now in Mexico. I'd love an RS4 but the limited interior options would kill it for me.

[@tcaudiobooks737]

@@SpontaneousEvolution Ireland is probably similar to the UK in that no matter how much money you throw at them, they won't let you have an interior that isn't black. Massive dealbreaker for me as well, 'cos I'm a sucker for white/silver interiors.

[@SpontaneousEvolution]

@@tcaudiobooks737 Exactly. Nothing more bland for me than a black interior.

[@MauriceBln1]

I like Alpina. Very exclusive car, which is rarely seen on the street.

[@MountainSalsa]

Ty

[@bman828]

guten tag

[@ayrtonatif572]

You should have also recorded the tour with CEO 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@henrialen5054]

KZbin is weird. I order your channel, alarm on and still not getting notifications. Not your fault. Great channel!

[@user-yn5sk5ru5g]

I'd like to see an Alpina i4

[@johnpeace6968]

This is a serious question so apologies if it sounds snotty: why get an Alpina over a nicely equipped 7 or 8 Series that's not an M car? The Alpina interior is admittedly gorgeous. Is it a lot nicer than a standard BMW interior? Is the Alpina a lot faster than a comparable BMW non-M? Is Alpina a similar luxury level upgrade as going from S Class to Maybach?

[@lbnsb6769]

the base car that BMW sends Alpina to upgrade is the m850i. for the extra $50 grand, yes, it's a totally different car and rivals the M8 comp in power and speed. top speed off the Alpina B8 beats the M8 and most other sports cars in its class at 201mph (published; rumor is it will go even faster than that.) The interior is similar to the non-M's but with obvious upgrades and the wheels are unique. it has Maybach-like interior upgradeability in Europe but not the US. there are a lot more options upgrades in Europe, the US has a very short list unfortunately. But for the price, and exclusivity, I thinks it's unbeatable.

[@renegadezen7841]

#dreamcar. That car is just bonkers cool

[@Puschkin87]

Herzlich willkommen in Deutschland :)

[@soundofeighthooves]

*Bayern

[@edwin69jam]

11:40 please tell me you didn't drive 280 kph through that Forrest... xD

[@martinramirez6050]

This is the ideal gumball run whip

[@donwarner6925]

Well done.

[@thinc2272]

A bit ironic misspelling "connoisseur" :)

[@chewdoobautomotivedetailtm2883]

Very well reviewed.. nicely worded🔥🔥🔥🏁🔥🏁😎😎😎😎😎👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@blazinmark1]

Matt are you wearing a Pepsi or a Seiko SKX?

[@xy4859]

Geiles Auto ! Coole Landschaft! 😃

[@Tiger_Woo_dds]

'Trying to be a good foreign neighbor' said no American ever before 😶

[@CarloStefani]

Great video, awesome choice of road, it looked like driving down a german tarmac rally stage... but with much more comfort :D

[@lambrosstamos4494]

Will a Carbahn tuned Alpina B8 be an overkill?

[@TheBucketOfTruth]

Damn it I actually watched the ad this time and now I want fusilli. Also always worry if these things are safe with all the heat and plastic. I have to imagine we've all got a bunch of nasty chemicals in us from stuff like this and worse.

[@jairomendoza5853]

Fuck yeah.

[@josh6499]

The brakes are bigger than the wheels on my Golf!

[@kyleelliott512]

"it gets there good"

[@GadgetyMV]

Alpinas, true GTs, comfortable and fast.

[@jairomendoza5853]

My kind of automobile.

[@davect01]

A real power cruiser