Alpina

Pricing undercuts the V12-powered BMW M760i.

On this week's Autoblog Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Greg Migliore is joined by Associate Editor Reese Counts and Senior Editor of Green John Snyder. We talk about the New York Auto Show and its highlights. We also discuss some of the cars we've had in the office including the Jaguar XF S Sportbrake and BMW Alpina B7. And of course, we'll help choose a new vehicle for a listener in our "Spend My Money" segment.

It also makes 382 horsepower.

Back in the early 1980s, this was one of the cars to have – an Alpina C1 2.3.

Fans of the BMW M760i, this is where we strike back against lovers of the new Alpina B7 xDrive, which just had its big debut on the floor of Geneva.

BMW and Alpina have teamed up again for another high-performance 7 Series, and we've got our earliest look at the new super sedan.

An alternative to the BMW M6, the Alpina B6 Bi-Turbo coupe and convertible now pack the same 600 horsepower as the sold-out 50th anniversary edition – and the four-door version we get Stateside.

Alpina introduced the new B5 Biturbo with 600 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque for a 4.2-second 0-62 time and a 204-mph top speed. It comes as a sedan or wagon.

Alpina is celebrating its 50th anniversary by giving more power to its customers. It is building limited-edition versions of the B5 Bi-Turbo and B6 Bi-Turbo that can reach 204 miles per hour thanks to a 592-horsepower twin-turbo V8.

Alpina shows off its XD3 Bi-Turbo at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show – one of the fastest diesel SUVs in the world (if you're into that sort of thing).

The BMW Alpina B6 xDrive Gran Coupe is basically a four-door M6 with all-wheel drive, and now it's been treated to a power boost for 2016 to make this the quickest-accelerating Alpina ever.

The wheels are one of the first things you notice when checking out the 2015 BMW Alpina B6 xDrive Gran Coupe. The 20-inch aluminum alloy rollers have 21 spokes that spray out from their hubs, creating one of Alpina's signature design features. But there's also plenty of function to go along with the stylistic form of this hotted-up

There was a time when diesel meant one of two things: This vehicle's owner either wants to save some money at the pump or needs to haul massive loads. It definitely did not mean that the owner of said machine wanted to drive fast, but that perception has slowly but surely been changing over the last several years, with automakers from Volkswagen and Ford to Audi and

Alpina has been lovingly modifying BMWs for half a century, but as we learned during a tour of the company's HQ in Buchloe, Germany, Alpina has been in the wine distribution business for nearly as long. The company has an estimated million bottles on reserve in two warehouses and a beautiful wine cellar/tasting room on property in western Bavaria, just yards from where its 1,500 hand-crafted automobiles per year are produced.

Despite being a well-respected outfit for decades, Alpina remains something of a mystery to many stateside BMW fans. In Europe, Alpina has established itself as a first-rate source for breathed-upon high-performance Bimmers, and it's looking to continue picking up traction on our shores. The US has received a handful of Alpina models through BMW factory channels, namely the 7-Series-based Chris Bruce