𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘶𝘯-𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘚𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘏𝘦’𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘈 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘷𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 500 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦) 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘮, 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴. 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘙𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘙𝘰𝘺𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘈𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘢. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘶𝘳’𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘬 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 12-𝘤𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳 𝘌-𝘛𝘺𝘱𝘦, “𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦-𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵".

An extract from my first introduction to Burkard Bovensiepen, Peter Newton's "Lunch with Burkard" article in Cars and Car Conversions magazine, July 1984. As a wide-eyed 11 year old petrolhead the lure of Alpina BMWs was strong, and it still is. Bovensiepen achieved what many have dreamed of but few have managed - a successful car manufacturer producing machines desired by true enthusiasts. 

I was saddened to recently hear of his death. The world is poorer without him. 

The car I've drawn in tribute is the E12-based B7S Turbo. Sixty of these came out of the Buchloe factory between November 1981 and May 1982. They were absolute rocketships, the 3.5 litre turbocharged straight six making 330bhp. 0-62mph was recorded in 5.9 seconds, which is still quick today over 40 years later. It was the fastest four door car on the planet at the time, almost as quick as a Ferrari 512BB.

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