I love seeing Doug in his happy place- behind the wheel of an obscure, high-performance station wagon.

My grandfather used to work for ALPINA here in southern Germany. I‘ve always admired the elegance they‘ve managed to add to their tuned cars. Such sleeper cars, especially if you don‘t know the brand and think you‘ve got a normal 3 series in front of you on the autobahn. I feel pure excitement when I‘m actually seeing one of em here on the streets. Timeless classy design with well engineered added power.

I love how well integrated the USB ports in the center console are! They have obviously been added later by the current or previous owner, but it's done so well that you wouldn't even notice them unless you were specifically looking for them.

More cars like this please doug

They actually did a version of these which they shoehorned in a 4.6 V8. A very rare car. I used to work for Alpina GB and only ever saw 1 which came from the Netherlands

There's an even cooler version of this that has a 4.6l V8 with a manual gearbox. It's also the only E36 to ever officially come with a V8 from factory.

Despite many people probably not understanding how special this is, this is as cool as it can get. From a time when Alpina cars were all handmade. More special than any M car.

Cars like these fascinate me more than the newer, faster high performance cars

5:12 I'm glad you talked about the valve stem thing because when I was going to dismount wheels for a BMW Alpina B6 I was so confused on where the stem was at first about a few years ago. Also the stem goes through one of the spokes to put a sensor in it.

As they say in Germany: "Alpina for the Autobahn and M for the back roads/race track"

THIS is the car I have always wanted to own, that I will always want to own and probably never will. Of all the cars in the world, THIS is the one. I am a huge fan of BMW (especially the older ones), but Alpina is something completely special to me.

Doug is the kind of guy who mentions the Alpina extra gauges but totally forgets the custom blue dials and the 300 kph speedo.

Just a little correction - I think that Alpina used the 2.8 m52 engine and bore it out to 3.2. The only 3.0 straight 6 engine from that time was the s52, and they didn't use that ;)

Close to where I live there's someone with a B8 4.6 touring, the only V8 E36 you could buy from factory. Only 27 were made.

I love the fact that it still has its Dutch number plate.

The growth of "this" is slowing down at quite a significant rate

Currently own a 1998 Alpina B6 2.8 touring so was thrilled to see this review. It's one of my favorite cars to drive because a previous owner had installed a 5 spd manual. A JDM example #103.

It is an import from the Netherlands. There are still Vredestein tyres on it, which are Dutch and good tyres. Like the license plates as well. It was imported into the Netherlands as well by the way. I suspect that this Alpina started it's live in Germany.

That’s a fire car bro 🔥 u should play that song “Gandi- Mexico City “ in there 🥶🥶

I saw this car for sale in The Netherlands, really cool to see doug reviewing the exact car. Sometimes the world is small!

It also exists a E36 Alpina B8 with a 4,6 V8 that also came as a manual and estate version!

Doug I don't usually have any issues with your "Doug Score" but you really undersold the cool factor at a 6.

The wheels are 20 spoke soft lines Awesome wheels to this day I love my Alpina Interesting note, BMW bought out Alpina a few months ago. The brand and cars could change significantly in the near future

Could this be Doug's first review of a Dutch registered car? I thought I'd never see the day ;o)

1:25 Until their recent sale to BMW Alpina wasn't a tuner, they hadn't been one for a long time by the time the E36 was made. Alpina was a manufacturer, officially.

Oh man, an old Alpina. Now THESE are funky.

excited to see a video in a few months from doug inevitably saying that he bought this car from the upcoming winner on c&b haha

Doug - Congrats on FINALLY reviewing another Alpina (to go along with your XB7 review from a couple of years ago). Please, please, please now review a new B8 or, even better, an (F12) B6, which I think is one of the most beautiful cars that Alpina has ever created (and was the most powerful at the time @ 600bhp)!

Omg please review more legendary Alpinas and Brabus cars. Would love to the E34 B10 Biturbo or a Alpina 7 Series.

A renaissance of high-performance station wagons would be amazing! I know it’ll never happen, but I’d love to see modern takes on the B3 Alpina come to the US market. I wish Americans would get over SUVs and realize station wagons offer nearly the same utility with all the performance of a sport sedan. Great video, Doug! 😀👍

20:25 perfect cameo in the background, a clean E38 740il on M Pars

As I become old I start to understand the alpina ethos more and more. They are performance STREET cars. I really want one. This one in particular is sooooooo cool.

Any older car that he reviews is almost always up for sale

Gotta love the Dutch plates on it!

The first Dutch registrated car I see Doug reviewing! And it has Dutch Vredestein tires as well, as I see! Nice going Dutch here, Doug!

The most impressive thing about this car is that the info display has no dead pixels.

Doug my first car was a 96 Accord Wagon and to this day I love wagons almost as much as you ! Your Audi is absolutely stunning ! This bmw is so nice ! That Alpina badge on the back is huge !

I saw a Mitsubishi Raider V8 AND a Mercedes-Benz B-Class ELECTRIC DRIVE this morning in Northern California lol. Been an interesting car spotting day so far haha.

Love how tastefully done those USB ports are. Very cool

Absolutely gorgeous wagon!!

Gorgeous color and touring. The gold days of Alpina and BMW. Sadly those days are non existent today.

10:44 these features being on the logo was a very common thing manufacturers did back in the 90s, Honda did it with their cars which had their 4ws and awd systems and I believe some awd corollas also had “awd” integrated into the Toyota badge

One of the coolest wagons ever. Thanks for the review!

Fantastic car! Extremely rare now to find a touring, especially one in that good of a condition. I am a massive alpina fan and I really enjoyed the video!

Our kind of vehicles here in RSA🇿🇦, love your content Doug

If Doug is in the Netherlands, I wonder how he feels now he is average height😆

I could see the center cap mounted fill nozzle helping in really snowy environments

Fantastic '90's through back review from the golden era.

Doug. Cmon man, I need at least a 10 second “THISSSSSSSS” next vid.

19:30 Love how Doug is checking out that 911. A true car guy

Love the videos! Your stinger review is the reason I bought mine! Thank you!!!

I literally smiled and giggled at that front fascia shot. Such a beautiful car

Great review Doug! I am from Munich and occasionally see Alpinas in the wild. However I’d like to correct you on your statement of the B3 3.2 being the ultimate E36 Touring. In fact only for the E36 Alpina did something very special. They put the (then brand new) 4.0 Liter V8 in the E36, only they bore it out to 4.6 and called it the Alpina B8. They had to make over 50 changes to the chassis, to make it fit. All hand built, 23 in total I believe They tuned it to 333 Ps. 0-60 in 5,6 and 170 mph was mind blowing at the time. Way faster than even the European M3s. My fathers friend had one, when I was a kid and I just loved it. Now they go for well over 60.000 Dollars. Those were truly the ultimate E36 BMW! I wish you luck for a review of an Alpina B8.

Doug, I really miss your full Doug Score reviews, can you bring them back or have short second videos with them?

Doug is on fire with E36. Go go DeMuro.

What a seriously cool car, thanks for covering these amazing wagons!

Interestingly enough, the crossed-out original VIN of this Alpina B3 specifies the model as CF21, which is a 328i Touring, and that's what BMW left off for Alpina to begin their magic with.

E36 Tourings are great. But the ALPINA also exists with a V8! :) Yes, Alpina gave the R6 engine in the B3 E36 some upgrades HOWEVER an even more special Alpina E36 touring exists.. It is the B8 Alpina E36 that has a 4.6L V8... Now that is special because a standard E36 never existed with a V8 😎

I'm so in love with stripes on the body. Looks so cool.

Loved this! Thought I was a lifelong BMW fan but had no idea about Alpina. So I guess I wasn't! Talk about quirks! This car is so normal looking yet totally quirktastic. Also loved to see early versions of stuff that's so common today but was unusual/ahead of its time then.

THIS...could be Doug's first Alpina 🙂 They're extremely rare, especially those from the 80's and 90's 😯

My uncle had the first 3 touring with the m engine. He asked BMW if they could drop it in and they said yes. - for a fee ( had to stop driving Porsche because of back problems)

Nooooo! Not a Video on the B3!!!These were just coming into my price range!

Those are the CLEANEST wheels I've ever seen.

ALPINA B10 Touring (v8) is one the most beautiful car they ever made, especially the spec shown in collecting cars

The exterior door handles are nearly identical to my E32 750iL's (these were also common to the E34 5-series cars). Thanks Doug! Some interesting facts about Alpina: They started out modifying BMW 2002's for better performance and were originally a tuner company. Later, they won accreditation from the German government as an automotive manufacturer. More recently, BMW bought out Alpina and is now a subsidiary, though still being run autonomously from BMW. Another interesting fact about Alpina - while you can purchase Alpina wheels, suspension parts as well as exterior and interior cosmetic upgrades (extremely pricey), Alpina will NOT sell you Alpina mechanical parts unless you can prove ownership of an existing registered Alpina automobile. Very difficult and very expensive to get Alpina replacement mechanical aparts from the company aside from parting out an existing Alpina automobile.

Love to see these 90s gems in the channel.

more old bmw reviews PLEASE doug!!!! been itching for this

Nederlaaaaannddd 🇳🇱

B3 was entery level e36 Alpina. Ultimate e36 alpina was B8 4.6 with V8...

This is gorgeous. One of the best cars you’ve ever reviewed

I just picked up my E36 Alpina B6 wagon, which was only made for the Japanese market and only 136 total models produced. I will be uploading a video review of it soon on my channel. It's not quite as clean as this example, but I'll be restoring mine to get it into this condition. Great to see what a super clean example looks like!

The most underrated chassis ever, basically what every SUV owner needs.

If I had a dollar for everytime doug said Alpina

Doug, I enjoy your videos. For what it's worth I like your casual speaking voice like you use for the in car segment rather than your "presenter voice" you used in the studio. Keep up the great content. 👍

Love it when Doug is hyped

now this is what Doug need to be doing more of 😍

Imported but it still has the Dutch plates 😃

I got an E39 Alpina B10 3.3 manual a month or two ago and I love it. Super rare in the UK, especially in right hand drive.

Doug next to a Dutch plate! My life is complete!

Timeless car, timeless styling, timeless wheels Also, the current generation of the Alpina B3 Touring is one of the cleanest looking modern cars right now !

Once upon a time, in a BMW Alpina B5 Touring, a 16-year old Alex was sitting in the passenger seat at 320 km/h on the Autobahn. I'll never forget.

He finally made another Alpina video !!!!!

I like the 90s BMWs, they're fun and much more reliable than a brand new one.

It's a great day when Daddy Doug posts a new video

My dad used to have a Alpina B3s Touring. Very rare car and never seen another one. It was so beautiful

It's clear as day the level of passion and detail Alpina put into modifying these cars. Everything about it looks great and well designed down to the last bit.

Never expected to see a car owned by a guy in my hometown on a Doug video on the other side of the pond, that's sick :O

who remembers when BMWs were gorgeous

After years of waiting, finally, a 944 review!!!!!!!

Hey Doug, great video! You mentioned @2:24 that the engine was bored from 3 liters to 3.2, however this is not true as the M52 came in 2.8 Liters as the highest displacement, so this would be bored and stroked in order to be an M52B32 in this instance as Alpina did not use an S50B30 in this vehicle and the M54B30 was not conceived at this point.

Alpina did not 'lower the front bumper', they installed a 'deeper air dam' out front. The air dam is a separate piece and not considered part of the bumper. That would have been the proper terminology back in the day.

I've got an 08 B3biturbo, love it.

as an owner of an e36 touring, i was so happy to see this notification

That tyre valve is amazing. In the modern day when we have eco campaigners deflating tyres of cars as a protest. This is suddenly so useful today,

I always love what Alpina creates…. this, the D5 (diesel), especially the B7…. Sorry but … Way cooler than the Audi-Porsche RS2. Thanks for the video.

Must say... Love the new white-out background! Makes ur vids look hella fancy!

Thank you. Great car, great review.

A true sleeper beauty that will only be noticed and appreciated by real enthusiasts. 🙌🙌

When you modify a car so much you put a new VIN number on it... that's meta.