---
title: "608-HP Alpina B5 Turbo Is Here to Spice Up the New BMW 5 Series"
description: "There's even a wagon!"
date: "2017-03-07"
modified: "2017-03-07"
authors:
  - name: "Aaron Brown"
    job_title: "Staff Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/aaron-brown"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/8154/608-hp-alpina-b5-turbo-is-here-to-spice-up-the-new-bmw-5-series"
categories:
  - "BMW News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "5 Series"
  - "alpina"
  - "BMW"
  - "Geneva Motor Show"
  - "luxury"
  - "sedan"
---

# 608-HP Alpina B5 Turbo Is Here to Spice Up the New BMW 5 Series

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2017/03/2017-03-bmw-alpina-b5-biturbo-01-1.jpg>)
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Though nothing official has come out from BMW regarding the upcoming M5, Alpina already has its go-fast version of the recently-released mid-range Bimmer and is ready to show it to the world.

The BMW Alpina B5 BiTurbo, announced Tuesday during the Geneva Motor Show, is a 608-horsepower version of the [new 5 Series](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/7156/driving-the-2017-bmw-5-series-is-like-touching-tomorrow>). To make that power, the car is packed with a 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 that sends power to all four wheels using BMW's xDrive all-wheel drive system and something called an "Integral Active Steering" rear axle, which helps the car get around corners. The B5 also uses a modified ZF eight-speed transmission unit from the normal 5 Series. The car rides on electronically-adjustable dampers and 20-inch wheels with Pirelli P Zeros. The result is a 0-60 time of 3.5 seconds.

To give you an idea of what that means, the already-unveiled BMW M550i does 0-62 in a full four seconds, and that is already four tenths faster than the outgoing M5. So this thing *hauls*. In fact, it will keep hauling until it hits its 205-mile-per-hour top speed.

To answer your question, yes—it's available as a wagon, although that model does 0-62 in a completely disgraceful 3.6 seconds and has a top speed of just 202 MPH. What a shame (/s).

It's unclear if either of these models will head to America, but either way, these are damn cool.

Check it out below.

https://youtube.com/embed/WYx5lrI2TZM

![message-editor%2F1488912423208-2017-03-bmw-alpina-b5-biturbo-03-1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1488912423208-2017-03-bmw-alpina-b5-biturbo-03-1.jpg>)

![message-editor%2F1488912429323-2017-03-bmw-alpina-b5-biturbo-04-1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1488912429323-2017-03-bmw-alpina-b5-biturbo-04-1.jpg>)

![message-editor%2F1488912434509-2017-03-bmw-alpina-b5-biturbo-07-1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1488912434509-2017-03-bmw-alpina-b5-biturbo-07-1.jpg>)

![message-editor%2F1488912443372-2017-03-bmw-alpina-b5-biturbo-09-1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1488912443372-2017-03-bmw-alpina-b5-biturbo-09-1.jpg>)

![message-editor%2F1488912449661-2017-03-bmw-alpina-b5-biturbo-13-1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1488912449661-2017-03-bmw-alpina-b5-biturbo-13-1.jpg>)

## Author
Aaron was previously a contributing writer with Jalopnik and has also written for Business Insider covering cars. When he's not in the office writing the news, you'll probably find him thrashing a beater car around a RallyCross.

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