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E12 · 1977–1978

ALPINA B2

Based on the BMW 528i

Photo: Pelicanactor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

The story

One of the rarest ALPINAs of all: just a handful of E12 B2s were built, paving the way for the turbocharged B7 that followed.

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