Alpina isn’t a brand that is too well known in North America. It only offers one model, the top-dog B7 Biturbo that we reviewed a few months back. For model year 2014, Alpina is adding a pair of new, modified BMWs to its European product range.
If the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe isn’t quite quick enough, expensive enough, or radical enough for you, than perhaps you should check out Brabus. The lunatic modifiers of all manner of Silver Arrows have just unveiled the Bullit Coupe 800 at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. And you thought Brabus only tuned Smart ForTwos.
Here’s where the frustration of dealing with recurring S4 mechanical maladies all but disappears. YouTube is full videos that feature turbo S4s committing various acts of horsepower heroics (like the Nurburgring vid posted above), and that’s due to the devout following of Audi owners on the whole. The unassuming styling of the S4 however, combined with the Biturbo’s ease of tuning make it an Audi favorite despite the car’s relatively short North American lifespan. As such, S4 owners have an extremely broad enthusiast community when it comes to technical help, aftermarket tuning, spare parts, or just friendly camaraderie. In fact, there are so many web sites in cyber land devoted to all things Audi that we could never hope to list them all, but we can offer a few suggestions on groups both big and small.