This Alpina B4 is the BMW M4 alternative you were probably dreaming of

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More powerful, more grippy, and greener than any stock M4

If you want a better BMW, you just have to ask Alpina. This German brand’s mission is to take any Bimmer and perfect it as much as possible. Add an attention-grabbing element such as this ostentatious green, and you have a winner combo.

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This particular car is on display at BMW Abu Dhabi Motors, the Saudi showroom with the highest demand of BMW Individual accessories in the world, probably.

Wearing this eye-candy outfit is an Alpina B4 S Coupé Allrad, a BMW 4 Series that can pull with all its four wheels. It started as a 355 hp, 369 lb-ft 440i xDrive but its 3.0-liter inline-six unit ended up packing no less than 435 horsepower (440 PS) and 442 pound-feet (660 Nm) after the Aplina meisters finished intervening on the car.

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By the way, did you know that the Allrad moniker is what BMW used before it started to X-mark its vehicles?

Performance-wise, the Alpina B4 S Coupé Allrad can launch from a standstill to 62 mph in 3.9 seconds, and also boasts a 188 mph (303 km/h) top speed. Choosing the rear-wheel version will make you go faster (190 mph, or 306 km/h) but it’ll extend your 0-60 time to a BMW M4-matching 4.2-second time.

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Just as the exterior suggests, the car’s interior is cladded with excellent materials and posh stitching and, of course, there’s a plaque on the console bearing the Alpina badge and the model name.

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The price tag isn’t specified but don't you act surprised to find out it’s more expensive than a fully-tuned 4 Series enhanced by BMW’s M department.

via Motor1