Despite the fact that the halls of Tokyo Motor Show is literally teeming with high-tech local automobile manufacturers, and the place was found for the acknowledged masters of creating great machines that use internal combustion engines. At its booth, German Alpina showed some great sports cars, one of which - B3 S GTS.
The inspiration to create a competitor for the Porsche 911 GT3 was winning Alpina factory team in the German GT series in 2011, which was won on the car B6 GT3. Built on the basis of the BMW 3-Series, B3 S GTS has many common parts with the triumphal car, like in appearance, and in the technical component. For example, the exterior polugonochnoy "troika" adorns the front bumper splitter, fixed spolyer on the trunk lid and diffuser. All new external elements are made of carbon fiber.
Under a physical appearance was the engine. 3 litrvy line 6-cylinder unit, equipped with two supercharged and develops 402 horsepower and with a 7-diapaznnoy automatic transmission, which connects the motor to the rear wheels, can change for the first hundred after only 4.6 seconds after liftoff. Maximum speed is steadily approaching the mark at 300 km / h.
No less impressive and will be handling Alpina B3 S GTS. Like the exterior, the car has many analogies with B6 GT3. For example, fully adjustable sports suspension and high differential thorns. In the wheel housings fit a 20-spoke alloy wheels 19 inches in diameter, which are "shod" in the tires Michelin Pilot Sport 2. All this is as basic equipment B3 S GTS.
