B2.5 calypso red saloon ??

hap · Post by **hap** » Fri Apr 13, 2018 5:44 pm

May not be genuine
https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/bmw-e36-B2-5-A ... Swnada0Lzq

Chas · Post by **Chas** » Sat Apr 14, 2018 8:50 am

Someone has dymo taped "Alpina B2.5" into the fuse box

Looks genuine enough to me but with the caveat that a B2.5 is just a cosmetic Sytner special edition.

hap · Post by **hap** » Sat Apr 14, 2018 9:43 am

Not quite the engine was remapped , had different cams and exhaust alpina suspension but some retained m tech it was mildly tweak over and above the 325 of that era afaik it was quite expensive for the upgrade and only 200 built under licence

AG · Post by AG » Mon Apr 16, 2018 1:36 pm

I reckon that is a B2.5, many have no idea what they were, but even now thats a high price for a car that looks tired. But it has the non staggered wheels by the looks of it.

dtg50 · Post by **dtg50** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 3:35 pm

Hard to tell if it is a genuine B2.5 unless it has the original build sheet. This is probably why the seller is only advertising it as a replica. I notice it has an aftermarket exhaust instead of the Boysen one that would have been on it originally. It does have original Hardline wheels though which are getting hard to find nowadays.

As hap said it was an expensive conversion to be added to the cost of the original car. Shortly after Sytner obtained the licence to built 200 of them for Alpina the M3 was launched for about the same money. Therefore most buyers for the B2.5 migrated to the M3 so subsequently only about 64 of the 200 were ever completed.

Fortunately or unfortunately depending on which way you look at it I have one (number 0492001) which I have since found out was a Frank Sytner demo car & featured in Autocar 1992.

Will be interesting to see what it finishes up at though, not that I would want to sell mine yet

... There is just something about that E36 shape.

Alpina Jim · Post by **Alpina Jim** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 7:40 pm

hap wrote:Not quite the engine was remapped , had different cams and exhaust alpina suspension but some retained m tech it was mildly tweak over and above the 325 of that era afaik it was quite expensive for the upgrade and only 200 built under licence

I found a write up on a 1993 E36 B2.5 coupe in Total BMW magazine dated October 2003. The price of the conversion then was Â£7000 on top of the E36 325I list price of Â£24805. Apparently the power was up by approx. 20BHP.
The car in the write up was mentioned as being number L0002, does this sound right?

Below is a photo of the tech spec....

AG · Post by AG » Sat Oct 27, 2018 10:07 pm

yeah probably is, and like some of the earlier e30 cars that had similar conversions the costs tended to reduce demand.

simon13 · Post by **simon13** » Mon Oct 29, 2018 9:10 pm

this has been forsale on and off for a long time