{"id":1991032,"date":"2026-06-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1991032"},"modified":"2026-06-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T21:00:00","slug":"old-alpina-is-back-the-bovensiepen-05-gt-is-a-789bhp-modified-m5-touring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1991032","title":{"rendered":"Old Alpina is back: the Bovensiepen 05 GT is a 789bhp modified M5 Touring"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is the Bovensiepen 05 GT. It is a big, heavy, five-door hybrid V8 estate<\/a> with an astronomical amount of power and a design aesthetic crafted by a man who\u2019s done an astronomically powerful British hypercar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So IYKYK. For those still catching up, this is the work of the family who started Alpina<\/a>. Not to go all Inception<\/em>, but it\u2019s basically been modified by the world\u2019s-coolest-car-company\u2019s-original-founders. Already this has moved several degrees cooler (and to the left of the board, to those who really<\/em> know).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Clearly, it\u2019s a modified BMW M5 Touring, though Bovensiepen is way too subtle to actually name check Munich\u2019s hybrid leviathan. Instead, it talks about enlisting one Mr Frank Stephenson \u2013 who tells TopGear.com which cars he likes<\/a> and which ones he doesn\u2019t<\/a> \u2013 for the car\u2019s \u2018striking\u2019 design.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s striking because\u2026 it looks like an Alpina. A \u2018classic\u2019 Alpina, not BMW\u2019s ultra-lux rebirth<\/a>. Bovensiepen talks about Frank\u2019s \u2018powerful\u2019 front grille and bumper treatment, that then wraps around the entire lower section of the car. There\u2019s a quad-exhaust setup and a cool bootlip spoiler.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Big wheels, too \u2013 21in lightweight forged items \u201cthat radiate commitment to perfection through their symmetrical design\u201d. How else would you know? They\u2019re wrapped in bespoke Pirellis, while that exhaust we mentioned is a lightweight Akrapovic setup that gives off an \u201cemotionally engaging, bass-heavy sound\u201d and is 7.8kg lighter than standard. That you probably would<\/em> know.<\/p>\n

Not least because it\u2019s powerful. Bovensiepen quotes 789bhp (800PS) and 811lb ft \u2013 increases over the standard 4.4-litre V8 M5 Touring\u2019s 727bhp and 737lb ft. The 0-62mph time of less than 3.6s is as per BMW, though a 190mph top speed is miles more than standard, and what you\u2019d officially call \u2018watch this!\u2019 fast. Though, this being Old Alpina, they\u2019d prefer you didn\u2019t watch this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Weight? Exactly the same, a Herculean 2,555kg. And that\u2019s including the company\u2019s lux interior which includes much leather and the opportunity to basically bespoke the heck out of it. \u201cA trunk lining fully upholstered in Alcantara? A personalised embossed stamp for the headrests? Elaborate custom embroidery?\u201d Bovensiepen asks, somewhat rhetorically.<\/p>\n

The result is \u201ca treat for all the senses\u201d, according to Andreas Bovensiepen. It was his father Burkard who started Alpina all those years ago. According to Mr Stephenson, the 05 GT \u201cshows how careful, intelligent exterior design can transform the character of a car without losing the integrity of what made it appealing in the first place\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is subtle, yes, but also confident,\u201d he adds. Confident price, too: each one will start from just under \u20ac200k in Germany. Old Alpinas were always an IYKYK kind of car \u2013 because this Bovensiepen is even more niche, does that make it cooler still? Let us know below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the Bovensiepen 05 GT. It is a big, heavy, five-door hybrid V8 estate with an astronomical amount of power and a design aesthetic crafted by a man who\u2019s done an astronomically powerful British hypercar. So IYKYK. For those still catching up, this is the work of the family who started Alpina. Not to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,237],"class_list":["post-1991032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-topgear-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1991032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991032\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1991032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1991032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1991032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}