No more Alpina B7 perfomance sedan in production

Alpina is permanently discontinuing the BMW 7 Series-based B7 luxury sedan as the German company switches from the G11/12 series to the new G70 generation. It appears that Alpina – now fully owned by BMW – doesn't plan a follow-up model for the high-speed cruiser.

Alpina Belgium announces the final B7 has been assembled, and "the era of the BMW Alpina B7 is coming to an end in the Alpina automobile manufactory." We don't get an outright answer from the German automaker, but it seems from the announcement that no replacement is currently in development.

With the new G70 generation of the 7 Series, it seems that the Alpina won't be given access to the platform for performance and luxury modifications. The high-performance automaker is switching its focus towards SUVs with one of the firm's latest products being the heavily revised XB7.

The most recent Alpina B7 was based on the G12 7 Series and used a 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 developing 608 horsepower (447 kilowatts) and 590 pound-feet (800 Newton-meters) of torque. It could hit 62 miles per hour (100 kilometers per hour) in 3.6 seconds and had an electronically limited top speed of 205 mph (330 kph). The price of such a sedan starts at $144,195.