The Alpina XD3 Has 383bhp And Four Turbochargers
With Porsche dropping diesel from its range, FCA reportedly doing the same by 2022 and others certainly following, the fuel really is falling out of favour with the car industry. But, it seems Alpina didn’t get the memo. Not if its latest vehicle is anything to go by, at least.
It’s called the XD3, and as you’ve probably gathered from the middle letter in that name, the BMW X3-based creation is powered by a diesel engine. But not any oil-burning lump: it displaces 3.0 litres, puts out 383bhp, and has four turbochargers. Yes, four.
Torque from the B57 engine meanwhile weighs in at a punchy 568lb ft, while the usual 0-62mph sprint it dealt with in just 4.6 seconds. Get yourself on a nice de-restricted piece of autobahn, and it’ll keep going until 165mph before running out of puff.
The XD3 with Alpina’s own sports suspension setup including adaptive dampers, and there’s a new limited-slip differential for the rear axle. On the otuside, the bodywork gets the usual Alpina makeover we’ve seen many times before, which sees a branded splitter teamed up with some massive multi-spoke wheels. In the case of the XD3, they measure 22 inches in diameter to fill those massive wheel arches.
All sounds rather lovely, doesn’t it? Unfortunately, there is one slight issue: we won’t get the quad-turbo version in the UK. Apparently, the powertrain can’t be packaged in a right-hand drive configuration. Instead, we’ll be getting a twin-turbo version with 330bhp and 516lb ft of torque. It’ll do 0-62mph in 4.9 seconds, so it’s not exactly a slouch either; you just won’t be able to brag about your four turbochargers to your disinterested mates at the pub…
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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When you can’t afford a Chiron but need four turbos…
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Alpina do their own thing, but retain the BMW warranty. BMW don’t have that much of a say in what Alpina creates
I wonder what the wastegate sounds are like
diesels dont have a throttle so its nearly impossible for a wastegate on a diesel, and if it had one it would be useless
‘We give turbos in your honour, boss!’
‘Good.’
boostBoostBOOstBOOOOOOOST
There’s probably gonna be people out their who will fit 8 turbos and Nitrous.
What’s the point of this car again?
Right, absolutely nothing
Four turbos but only 383hp? Wouldn’t a 2 turbo sequential setup get the job done?
“only 383hp”
Almost 400 bhp from a 3 litre Diesel engine is a lot - and this thing has 800 Nm of torque ready, you could move mountains with that. Don’t forget that Diesel engines inherently have lower horsepower due to their low redline, so anything above 100 bhp per litre is really powerful for a Diesel engine. Of course, you could achieve the same power output with just two, or even just one turbo, but in the end, you don’t want too much turbo lag. A 150 bhp single-turbo 2 litre Diesel has a lot of turbo lag already, I don’t want to know what would happen if you squeezed out 400 bhp from a 3 litre Diesel like that.
The XD stands for people’s reaction to quad-turbos.
Lmao XD
So I want to mod a car
Time to give it a jumble of letters and call it a day
“Gosh I love that car! What’s its name?”
“The new Alpine GA8979F8 798A79F8W98AF98A9E8AW7EF9A8WE7FA98WE7FA9WE8F 7A99A8WE7F9A8E7 SPORT DELUXE X EDITION”
They put in ONE extra letter. Is that really so hard on your brain? They kept close to factory lettering so you know what it’s about and added one letter to differntiate from the OEM version.