Photo: Kolesa.ru
We honestly don't know where BMW ends and Alpina begins. The house of luxury and sportiness has been vocal about anything that stops its cars from going fast, all the time working on stepping up its game with the luxurious mods for the X7, soon to be turned into the XB7 and XD7.
Geneva seems to be the preferred motors show for Alpina debuts, so even though this 7 Series of SUVs is already available in most major markets, the modifier has time to develop something better.
Only about a week ago, the XD7/XB7 was spied undergoing testing, including at the legendary Nurburgring track. You're not going to get a lot of sightings for something this special, so the Russian website Kolesa jumped to action to create digital images of what the model will look like.
We're pleased with their work, even if it's sometimes a little off. Few other rendering sources create images of both the side and rear 3/4 view, without which you can't get a good interpretation. Of course, the Alpina version of the X7 is easy to understand, but previews like this let us play a game called "let's imagine a world in which we can afford this."
Honestly, it doesn't matter what the modified SUV costs; people will still buy one, not in huge quantities, but enough to have variation in the color department. We mention this because of BMW Abu Dhabi, who've posted about a dozen Alpina models based on the 7 Series, each with its own color.
Not that we've established that chromatics are important, we'll get back to the core of the brand which is power. While BMW M cars were all about that F1-style engine scream, Alpina put on big turbos to have a lot of power, often resulting in supercar-like top speeds. The X7 may not be the most aerodynamic thing in the world, but it should go like stink once Alpina is done with it.
The XB7, which is the gasoline-powered one, will have a modified 4.4-liter bi-turbo V8 making somewhere in the region of 600 horsepower. As BMW doesn't plan to have an X7 M, this will be the fastest version of the one and only 7-seater SUV. A bit less impressive, but still quite fast, the XD7 will likely feature an M50d quad-turbo diesel.
Only about a week ago, the XD7/XB7 was spied undergoing testing, including at the legendary Nurburgring track. You're not going to get a lot of sightings for something this special, so the Russian website Kolesa jumped to action to create digital images of what the model will look like.
We're pleased with their work, even if it's sometimes a little off. Few other rendering sources create images of both the side and rear 3/4 view, without which you can't get a good interpretation. Of course, the Alpina version of the X7 is easy to understand, but previews like this let us play a game called "let's imagine a world in which we can afford this."
Honestly, it doesn't matter what the modified SUV costs; people will still buy one, not in huge quantities, but enough to have variation in the color department. We mention this because of BMW Abu Dhabi, who've posted about a dozen Alpina models based on the 7 Series, each with its own color.
Not that we've established that chromatics are important, we'll get back to the core of the brand which is power. While BMW M cars were all about that F1-style engine scream, Alpina put on big turbos to have a lot of power, often resulting in supercar-like top speeds. The X7 may not be the most aerodynamic thing in the world, but it should go like stink once Alpina is done with it.
The XB7, which is the gasoline-powered one, will have a modified 4.4-liter bi-turbo V8 making somewhere in the region of 600 horsepower. As BMW doesn't plan to have an X7 M, this will be the fastest version of the one and only 7-seater SUV. A bit less impressive, but still quite fast, the XD7 will likely feature an M50d quad-turbo diesel.
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