{"id":30476,"date":"2022-08-31T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T10:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=30476"},"modified":"2022-08-31T06:00:16","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T10:00:16","slug":"video-take-a-ride-in-the-alpina-b3-touring-better-than-the-m3-touring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=30476","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Take a Ride In the ALPINA B3 Touring\u2014Better Than the M3 Touring?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/08\/31\/video-take-a-ride-in-the-alpina-b3-touring-better-than-the-m3-touring\/\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"photomain-article\"> <noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-alpina-b3-touring-15.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"2020 alpina b3 touring 15\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-alpina-b3-touring-15.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-alpina-b3-touring-15-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-alpina-b3-touring-15-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-alpina-b3-touring-15-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-alpina-b3-touring-15-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" title=\"image of 2020 alpina b3 touring 15\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201920%201280%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-alpina-b3-touring-15.jpg\" class=\"lazyload attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"2020 alpina b3 touring 15\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-alpina-b3-touring-15.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-alpina-b3-touring-15-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-alpina-b3-touring-15-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-alpina-b3-touring-15-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-alpina-b3-touring-15-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" title=\"image of 2020 alpina b3 touring 15\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"bmwad\">\n<p><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\" itemprop=\"description\" readability=\"70.98273155416\">\n<p>The BMW <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/08\/25\/bmw-m3-touring-video-walkaround\/\">M3 Touring<\/a> is going to be a sensational daily driver. It\u2019s pretty much guaranteed at this point, because the M3 Competition is a great daily driver. Adding a longer roof and tailgate is only going to make it better. However, there might be a slightly different version of it that might actually be better\u2014the ALPINA B3 Touring.<\/p>\n<p>In this new video from AutoTopNL, we get to see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/07\/18\/doug-demuro-checks-e36-alpina-b3-touring\/\">ALPINA B3 Touring<\/a> from a POV perspective. It\u2019s actually the closest many of us Americans will ever get to driving the B3 Touring, as it isn\u2019t available in the U.S. and it\u2019s never going to be. However, it also gives us an idea of why the B3 might be better than the M3 Touring.<\/p>\n<p>For starters, it\u2019s going to be more comfortable, as all ALPINAs are. While the M3 Comp isn\u2019t uncomfortable, it is a bit firm for everyday use. ALPINAs typically have better ride\/handling balances than M cars. It\u2019s also going to have a better engine. BMW\u2019s S58 is excellent but ALPINA usually works magic with its engines that make them more special and enjoyable to use than even excellent M engines. Especially this time because the B3\u2019s engine is actually an ALPINA-tuned version of the M3\u2019s S58. That\u2019s unusual, as ALPINA typically has to make do with tuning normal BMW engines. So if it gets an M engine to start with, the tuning results are going to be more special than usual.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-alpina-b3-touring-39.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-386873\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-alpina-b3-touring-39-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"2020 alpina b3 touring 39 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-alpina-b3-touring-39-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-alpina-b3-touring-39-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-alpina-b3-touring-39-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-alpina-b3-touring-39-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-alpina-b3-touring-39.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of 2020 alpina b3 touring 39 830x553\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-386873\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20830%20553%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-alpina-b3-touring-39-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"2020 alpina b3 touring 39 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-alpina-b3-touring-39-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-alpina-b3-touring-39-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-alpina-b3-touring-39-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-alpina-b3-touring-39-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-alpina-b3-touring-39.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of 2020 alpina b3 touring 39 830x553\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the bigger differences between the two cars, though, is their looks. The ALPINA B3 Touring retains the G20 3 Series\u2019 grille, rather than the M3\u2019s controversial grille. Also, the interior is a bit more premium than the M3\u2019s. However, the M3\u2019s killer carbon buckets will be missed, as they really do help the car feel more special.<\/p>\n<p>Both cars will be pretty limited, so if you want either, you\u2019re gonna have to work for it. But the ALPINA B3 Touring might jus the more appealing, even considering how important the M3 Touring is.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BMW Alpina B3 Touring REVIEW on Autobahn by AutoTopNL\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ACSIcofeotI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADVERTISEMENT The BMW M3 Touring is going to be a sensational daily driver. It\u2019s pretty much guaranteed at this point, because the M3 Competition is a great daily driver. Adding a longer roof and tailgate is only going to make it better. However, there might be a slightly different version of it that might actually [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":30477,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}