In the 90 this must have been a real dream car!
Looks good and is very fast, even for todays standards.
Car type | Coupe |
Curb weight | 1975 kg (4354 lbs) |
Introduced | 1992 |
Origin country | Germany |
Views | 22.4k |
0 - 100 kph | 5.8 s |
0 - 200 kph | 19.2 s |
Est. 100 - 200 kph | 13.4 s |
Est. 0 - 60 mph | 5.5 s |
0 - 100 mph | 12.6 s |
Est. 1/8 mile | 9.8 s @ 88.2 mph |
Est. 1/4 mile | 14.7 s @ 111.2 mph |
Top speed | 300 kph (186 mph) |
Est. max acceleration | 0.53 g (5 m/s²) |
Engine type | V12 |
Displacement | 5.7 l (348 ci) |
Power | 416 ps (410 bhp / 306 kw) |
Torque | 570 Nm (420 lb-ft) |
Power / liter | 73 ps (72 hp) |
Power / weight | 211 ps (208 bhp) / t |
Torque / weight | 289 Nm (213 lb-ft) / t |
Transmission | 6 speed manual avaible with optional shift tronic |
Layout | front engine, rear wheel drive |
Fangio Man 12y ago
In the 90 this must have been a real dream car!
Looks good and is very fast, even for todays standards.
LJUTICA 15y ago
1992 SHIFT-TRONIC With the advent of the BMW ALPINA B12 5,7 Coupé, ALPINA is the first automobile manufacturer to realise an electronic clutch management system termed ALPINA SHIFT-TRONIC. Foregoing use of the clutch is a breeze in light of the six-speed gearbox' dynamic driving characteristics
-Sportomatic?
Very good info,didn't know that. Thanks.
Yaspaa 15y ago
As soon as I brush up on my German I'll know exactly what that means.
Vielen Dank!
Georg 15y ago
@ LJUTICA
you refer to Alpina "Switch Tronic" the B12 5.7 Coupe was optional fitted with the Alpina "Shift Tronic"
it was build onto the standart 6speed Getrag gearbox and was developt together with LUK.
It was a electro hydraulic clutch controll system build onto a standart stick shift gear box!!!!
1992 SHIFT-TRONIC With the advent of the BMW ALPINA B12 5,7 Coupé, ALPINA is the first automobile manufacturer to realise an electronic clutch management system termed ALPINA SHIFT-TRONIC. Foregoing use of the clutch is a breeze in light of the six-speed gearbox' dynamic driving characteristics
thats how it was integrated to the GETRAG gear box..
LJUTICA 15y ago
About these transmissions,
yes B12 5.7 had 6-speed manual,BUT that Shift-Tronic is just auto 'box with Tiptronic mode.
It has been ZF 5HP30 5-speed auto with AGS (Adaptive Getriebesteuerung) made just slightly different for Alpina requirements by Zahnraeder Freiedrichsafen (ZF).
It has been referred to as "electro-hydraulic" for it had not only mechanical (hydraulic) valve actuators in gearbox,but these were electrohydraulic which made whole AGS system possible.
BTW,in (extr. rare) case of failure of AGS,it would work completely as a "normal" auto gearbox.
LJUTICA 15y ago
Georg
I believe you're wrong,6.0 litre V12 was reserved for E38 (7-series only). I don't think Alpina ever built E31 6.0,if they did,there'd be some evidence,either on Alpina's site or on the internet in general.
I did some research and found out the same as I thought:
http://www.e31.net/models.html
or
http://www.alpina-archive.com/?page_id=6
or
http://www.alpina-automobiles.com/en/models-alpina/model-history/bmw-8-series/e31.html
The only 6.0l engine that originated in 8-series was S70/1 engine meant for BMW M8 prototype,the car never got to the streets. It had 550ps.
The latter versions of that engine have been used in McLaren F1,the S70/2 and S70/3 versions.
Anonymous 15y ago
Alpina writes 306kw.
http://www.alpina-automobiles.com/ww/models-alpina/modell-historie/bmw-8er/e31.html
Anonymous 15y ago
Yaspaa! German sources write 306kw. Since it's a German car we should ignore Anglo-Saxon sources (they are ALWAYS mixing PS and HP).
Georg 15y ago
Read what Alpina claims about the Alpina B12 5.7 Coupe... 306kW and 416PS...5.8s
http://www.alpina-automobiles.com/ww/models-alpina/modell-historie/bmw-8er/e31.html
and now STOP claiming WRONG facts...
Yaspaa 15y ago
Anonymous you knucklehead this is a beautiful car, if you don't get that your obviously 12 or something.
Yaspaa 15y ago
Anonymous 15y ago
And once again insane Yaspaa what for you added this old crap. Probably you want to improve your stas Am I right? You behave like a stupid kid by the way how many lap times do you have for this BMW?