BMW’s Vision Alpina Concept Is What Happens When Engineers And Watchmakers Build A Car Together

BMW revealed the Vision BMW ALPINA at the 2026 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, a one-of-one design study that does something rare in an industry drowning in aggressive concepts and neon lighting: it whispers. At 5,200 mm (roughly 204 inches) long, the Vision BMW ALPINA is enormous. It is a four-seat, V8-powered grand tourer with a raked coupé roofline, 22-inch front and 23-inch rear wheels wearing Alpina’s signature 20-spoke design, and the kind of restrained confidence that makes a Bentley Continental look like it is trying too hard. BMW calls this the beginning of a new chapter for Alpina under its direct ownership. If this is the opening …