Grand touring: 1000 miles across Europe in the new Alpina B3

Jonnywishbone · Post by **Jonnywishbone** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 9:06 am

Another Autocar feature on the B3 via #007, following on from their first drive. They’re really going to town on this car as a full road test is still to come.

Autocar wrote: it’s already clear this car is better than the one it replaces in almost every measurable way, which is saying something...For a certain sort of owner, it probably isn’t too generous to describe it as the most complete car in the world.

ScooBeeFive · Post by **ScooBeeFive** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 9:18 pm

What a glowing review - great story too, collecting the car from the factory. As someone said in a recent thread, it’s a shame journalists can do this but it’s no longer offered for paying customers.

Either way, Alpina seem to be getting some great (and well deserved) press of late.

hap · Post by **hap** » Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:28 am

Lost elegance and simplicity ????
Who makes the exhaust now? That seems quite a short lived partnership with akro

churchie386 · Post by **churchie386** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 12:33 am

Jonnywishbone wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2020 9:06 am Another Autocar feature on the B3 via #007, following on from their first drive. They’re really going to town on this car as a full road test is still to come.

Full road test in Autocar next week, available 4th November.

Jonnywishbone · Post by **Jonnywishbone** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 1:11 am

churchie386 wrote: Sat Oct 31, 2020 12:33 am
Jonnywishbone wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2020 9:06 am Another Autocar feature on the B3 via #007, following on from their first drive. They’re really going to town on this car as a full road test is still to come.
Full road test in Autocar next week, available 4th November.

Thanks for the heads up I’ve been logging onto the site every day since the first drive review for the full road test.

Possible stupid question but would the actual magazine (paper/digital version) offer more detail than what’s published on the website?

churchie386 · Post by **churchie386** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 2:04 am

Jonnywishbone wrote: Sat Oct 31, 2020 1:11 am
churchie386 wrote: Sat Oct 31, 2020 12:33 am
Jonnywishbone wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2020 9:06 am Another Autocar feature on the B3 via #007, following on from their first drive. They’re really going to town on this car as a full road test is still to come.
Full road test in Autocar next week, available 4th November.
Thanks for the heads up I’ve been logging onto the site every day since the first drive review for the full road test.

Possible stupid question but would the actual magazine (paper/digital version) offer more detail than what’s published on the website?

Lots more - all the facts and figures. Here's a copy of this weeks road test (new "Mercedes" SUV) so you can see the level of detail in the actual magazine.

For someone with a B3 Touring inbound, well worth the £3.80. And though national lockdown is forecast for next week, I would still justify a trip to the newsagents to pick up a copy as essential travel!