The German tuner introduced their version of the luxury land barge that never really feels like such a thing at a track day.

Not only that, they’ve done so at a track that’s infamous for some serious G force pushing thanks to the incredible Corkscrew corner.

The Alpina B7 may still be using the twin-turbocharged 4.4 liter V8 engine from BMW but there’s a few changes the tuner puts in.

Having 540 horsepower and 538 lb-ft of torque on tap is amazing but the way that engine churns out those figures is what really matters.

Apparently the car pulls even more like a train than the standard car. Further more, it seems that driving a car that weighs more two tons around Laguna Seca doesn’t feel like it.

Saying it handles like a 3 Series is probably pushing it a bit too much but having the handling abilities of the F10 5 Series is nothing if not divine in something like this.

Overall, it’s obvious, nobody was disappointed with the newly introduced Alpina B7 and that’s before we even get to the talk about comfort.

It’s not like the 7 Series suffers in this aspect but Alpina make it even more soothing despite using larger wheels and different tires.

There’s plenty of stuff you can fight against, even taking an Alpina B7 to a track, but let’s face it, when you have the finances to get yourself a near 200 mph limo you can do whatever you want.

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Mind you, the match-up isn’t exactly the fairest of them all since one of the two is actually an AC Schnitzer ACS5, a prepped version of the sports sedan.

That’s why there’s a rather substantial difference in the way the speedometer needle climbs up the range and also the reason why the rev needle is more eager to move about.

Before we take a look at the actual footage lets remind ourselves the basic figures, both cars have a twin-turbocharged 4.4 liter V8 engine.

The standard F10 BMW M5 produces 560 horsepower and 502 lb-ft of torque whereas the tuned AC Schnitzer ACS5 has 620 horsepower and 583 lb-ft of torque on tap.

Obviously, apart from the joy of 60 extra horsepower, the AC Schnitzer’s version of the F10 BMW M5 comes with no top speed governor.

That’s why the quicker car also goes up to 305 km/h (189 mph) instead of the 270 (168 mph) possible in the factory car.

Still, a rather obvious video and AC Schnitzer have made their point. I can’t say I could easily live with that styling but there’s no doubt that I’d be happy with either of the cars in my driveway.

I mean, who could literally say no to a comfortable, practical sedan with a dignified interior that simply blows the doors off supercars?

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