It is the only one that was missing to appear, and it has been made to wait a little longer than necessary. The Alpina B3 Touring Facelift 2023 has been caught in some spy photos, in a facility of the German brand. Camouflaged, the sports family will offer a new image in a few months.
The mid-life update of the BMW 3 Series Touring is almost at its halfway point, while the set-up of the unprecedented M3 Touring is already on track for its final stretch. One of the sports variants was yet to appear, that of the specialized Alpina trainer.
The Alpina B3 Touring Facelift 2023 It has just been hunted in one of the Munich firm’s facilities, waiting to be transferred to the tuning specialist’s facilities. This more special 3 Series Touring leaves more visible the changes implemented in the design than the base model spotted a few weeks ago. The ovoid grill maintains its characteristic design, but headlights are much flatter, as we have been seeing in other prototypes. They have not even taken pains to hide the new image too much, because you can see perfectly front bumper design.
2023 Alpina B3 Touring Facelift Spy Photos
A defense dominated by large air intakes, with a new shape in the central part is the most notable change. The alloy wheels, along with the special tone of the brake calipers, are tell-tale details of an Alpina model, as is the dark, metallic shade of green that dresses the bodywork. Behind, the pilots will inherit the new style of the Bavarian familybut Alpina’s own four exhausts are missing, which will be assembled in their own workshops.
The Alpina B3 station wagon will also benefit from the suggestive interior with the new big screen occupying the dashboard that we have seen in other prototypes. Taking a closer look, despite the distance, it is intuited that she is already equipped on board, so will be reprogrammed to offer its own graphics and blue backlight.
The preparer will have to wait for the Series 3 Facelift to be presented at the end of spring. A debut that will not be delayed much, because the presentation of the new M3 Touring is scheduled for next summer. Alpina will keep the 3.0-liter twin-turbo six-cylinder block it houses, undergoing a revision to increase its performance and get closer to the new M3 Touring. An extra 30 hp over the current 462 hp is more than enoughalso reinforcing the eight-speed sports automatic transmission and the xDrive all-wheel drive system.