After specialist German tuner Alpina took the 7 Series and turned into their B7 model, some people considered it not to be enough.

These would be the people at Tunerworks who felt a touch-up was just enough to update the Alpina B7 to something a whole lot less “common”.

The changes they made aren’t really that impressive. Nothing was done to the engine and nothing changed about the interior.

After that, Tunerworks got down to business and fit the Alpina B7 with a new suspension kit and updated alloy wheels.

There’s plenty of people who are interested in the Alpina B7 but don’t really like the traditional alloys the company fits but the suspension may not be such a smart idea.

For one, Tunerworks actually used H&R suspension package which isn’t exactly well known for the softness of its ride.

That, alongside the lowered ride height might make it a rather uncomfortable day out. That’s not something you want from a large luxury sedan like the 7 Series.

The 22 inch ADV10 Deep Concave wheels also seem a little unfitting for such a car. They’d probably feel more at home on a 3 Series or other sporty models.

Maybe I’m out of place or maybe Tunerworks actually made a mistake in taking on the Alpina B7 with their tweaking decision.

We’re all entitled to some, so maybe we’ll see them do better work next time.

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While most of the BMW range will easily take a lot more power than they come with as standard, most eyes are pinned on a single product.

Pretty much everybody is interested in what they’re calling the BMW M7. An M division 7 Series will never happen, but an M Performance one might.

It’s barely under consideration. By the time BMW figure things out, our best call is the Alpina prepped B7 Bi-Turbo model.

The famous German tuner tricked out the 4.4 liter V8 engine in the BMW 750i by quite the amount. Starting with 400 horsepower and 450 lb-ft of torque the Alpina B7 gets 500 hp and 516 lb-ft of torque.

Four wheel drive is “needed” in order to elegantly handle that sort of performance so it’s no surprise to see xDrive being mentioned.

Essentially, the same gearbox and the same drive shafts are used as the standard car. New Alpina-like multi-spoke alloy wheels and fresh tires do go on though.

Alpina then moves on to trick out the exterior with a new, smooth flowing body kit and make a few changes to the interior as well.

With all the added performance and refinement, there’s still no getting away that we’re dealing with a very heavy car.

The BMW limo tips the scales at 4.861 lbs (2.2 tons). Despite this, the Alpina B7 Bi-Turbo comes with the well known BMW handling.

The 51.4 to 48.6 weight distribution may have something to do with that though.

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