More Torque than the M6: 2015 BMW Alpina B6 Gran Coupe Tested

To drive a 1980s M3 is to be amazed by its relative softness compared with today’s hard-edged, dual-clutch asphalt scalpels. “Scalpel” might even be the wrong metaphor. Today’s M cars often seem more like chisels: heavy, capable, rigid-feeling things. But what if BMW dialed that speedy numbness back a notch? Horsepower swapped for torque, and BMW’s still-funky dual-clutch transmission traded for a tight eight-speed slushbox? To appease the snowbelt traction-philes, what if it came with four-wheel drive? You’d wind up with something like the BMW Alpina B6. READ MORE ››

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