Description
H&H Classic Auction @Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire
26th July, 2023 13:00
2001 BMW Alpina B10 4. 6 V8
Estimate
£8, 000 - £10, 000
Registration No: X446 ETO
Chassis No: WAPBA46L11AF40044
MOT: T. B. A
1 of just 49 4. 6 V8 examples believed to have been built to right-hand drive specification
Offered with the original service book displaying many main dealer and specialist stamps
Rated as ‘excellent’ condition throughout by the vendor
Entered from a private collection
The Alpina B10 3. 2, 3. 3, V8, and V8S petrol-engined models were built in saloon and estate body styles based on the E39 from January 1997 to May 2004. The BMW Alpina B10 3. 3 produced 276bhp @ 6, 200bhp and 335Nm (247 lb ft) of torque @ 4, 500rpm. Alpina only made 112 of the B10 3. 3 saloon models worldwide, from a total E39 B10 production run of 472, split across six-cylinder and V8s, saloon, and touring models. The B10 E39 was designed and built for the customer for whom an M5 was a bit too common, a bit too mainstream; Alpina customers have always preferred to plough their own furrow, and the sort of person that would have chosen one of these over the (admittedly very, very good) production M5 is one of us.
The changes wrought were extensive: the V8 M62 engine was bored and stroked out to 4. 6-litres; the valve seats were changed and the cylinder head flowed; the camshafts were given a sportier profile; the crankshaft was balanced and lightweight Mahle aluminium pistons were fitted. The maximum revs rose to 6, 700rpm – and power soared to 340bhp and 346lb/ ft. The power ensures it can reach 62mph in 5. 4 seconds and, because it’s a limited edition it doesn’t have the gentleman’s agreement 155mph limiter fitted, so it’ll hit 178mph. Only ever available with an automatic transmission, Alpina did a typically thorough job and lowered and stiffened the suspension, and fettled the brakes too.
Manufactured new in 2001, the B10 4. 6 V8 offered is one of just 49 examples understood to have been built to right-hand drive specification and was supplied new to the United Kingdom via the Alpina distributor Sytner of Nottingham, being registered new on the 26th of January that year. Finished in Topaz Blue metallic paintwork with complementary Black leather Recaro seats with Alpina wood installation on the dashboard, the centre console, and the door panels, along with the sports steering wheel. Having covered some 173, 000 miles from new, ‘X446 ETO’ has resided in the current private collection since 2021 and is offered with the original service book that displays fifteen servicing stamps with further coolant and brake fluid changes, with many of these completed by main dealers and specialists. Due to be offered with a fresh MOT in time for sale, the B10 is rated by the vendor as ‘excellent’ throughout (regarding bodywork, paintwork, engine, gearbox, electrical equipment, and interior trim) and is supplied with a current V5C document.
