{"id":474673,"date":"2010-03-25T11:36:07","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T15:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/?p=17597"},"modified":"2010-03-25T11:36:07","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T15:36:07","slug":"bmw-alpina-b7-xdrive-coming-to-ny-auto-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/474673","title":{"rendered":"BMW Alpina B7 xDrive Coming to NY Auto Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18045\" title=\"2011-BMW-Alpina-B7-440x268\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2011-BMW-Alpina-B7-440x2681.jpg\" alt=\"2011-BMW-Alpina-B7-440x268\" width=\"440\" height=\"268\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the Alpina folks take a BMW 7-series and turn it into the feisty Alpina B7, they extract 500 hp from the twin-turbo 4.4-liter V-8 engine. That\u2019s a lot of power for just two drive wheels, so BMW will introduce an xDrive all-wheel-drive version of the B7 at the New York auto show.<\/p>\n<p>As before, you can pick from standard- or extended-wheelbase models, and now between rear and all-wheel drive. Other specs will probably match those of the rear-drive model; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caranddriver.com\/news\/car\/09q1\/2010_bmw_alpina_b7-auto_shows\">click here<\/a> for the full rundown on that car. We wonder whether the extra traction will improve on the B7\u2019s quoted 4.7-second 0-to-62-mph time. Details to follow once the New York show gets underway next week.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-17597\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.caranddriver.com\/news\/shows\/2010_new_york_auto_show\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16901\" title=\"Return to the 2010 New York Auto Show\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Return-to-the-2010-New-York-Auto-Show-Full-440x49.jpg\" alt=\"Return to the 2010 New York Auto Show\" width=\"440\" height=\"49\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related posts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/2010-bmw-alpina-b7-auto-shows\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: 2010 BMW Alpina B7 &#8211; Auto Shows'>2010 BMW Alpina B7 &#8211; Auto Shows<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/bmw-alpina-b6-gt3-race-car-auto-shows\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: BMW Alpina B6 GT3 Race Car &#8211; Auto Shows'>BMW Alpina B6 GT3 Race Car &#8211; Auto Shows<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/bmw-alpina-b7-officially-u-s-bound\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: BMW Alpina B7 Officially U.S.-Bound'>BMW Alpina B7 Officially U.S.-Bound<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the Alpina folks take a BMW 7-series and turn it into the feisty Alpina B7, they extract 500 hp from the twin-turbo 4.4-liter V-8 engine. That\u2019s a lot of power for just two drive wheels, so BMW will introduce an xDrive all-wheel-drive version of the B7 at the New York auto show. As before, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6409,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-474673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mobile","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6409"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474673\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}