Modern Classics Magazine – September 2019

MODERN CLASSICS 77

This is a car designed purely as a

GT,nota supercarinGTfinery.That

meansthatthetorquewaveis instant,

andwhenthesuperchargerspools

you’recatapultedforwardswiththe

forceof a comethittingyourback.

Thegearbox,thoughnot idealfor

B-roadthrill-stylesharpchanges,is

perfectforthoselong-rangeslingshots

pastdawdlers.It’slessintelligenton

the tight,hillyroadsthrough

Castleton’svillages,strugglingto

workoutwhento changedown,but

that’swhatyourleftthumb’sfor...

You’re likely to be less busy with the

steering–thoughtheAlpinacanbe

hustledalongtighterroads,that’snot

whatthiscaris allabout.Thesteering

feelsheavier,slightlylessdirect–

exactlywhatyouwantat three-figure

speedsontheautobahn.It’sthekind

ofcarthatcouldsitat 140mphfor

hours,longsweepersdispatchedwith

nonchalantease.It doesn’tletitself

downwhencornering,butthereisn’t

the M6’simmediacy,noritsrigidlack

ofroll.In manywaysthat’sa goodthing

• the Alpinadoesn’tfeellikeit’sabout

to be skewed sideways by mid-corner

bumpsor corrugations–it feels

thoroughlyplantedina waytheM 6

simplydoesn’t.

Alpina’smasteryof suspensionis

legendary–foryearsthey’vehoned

the sweetspotbetweensportiness

andcomfort.There’sa pure

assurednessto thewaytheAlpina

soaksupthemorecorrugatedsections

ofBlakeyRidge.Alpinadidoffertwo

settingsforthedriverto choosefrom,

one predictablyharderthantheother,

but bothdo a farbetterjobof

Alpina
wallops M6
for torque.

Alpina B6 S

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