Alpina burkard bovensiepen gmbh is an automobile manufacturing company based in bavaria germany selling their own cars based on bmw cars alpina works closely with bmw and their processes are integrated into bmws production lines thus alpina is recognized by tv as an automobile manufacturer in contrast to other performance specialists which are aftermarket tuners for instance the alpina b7 is produced at the same assembly line in dingolfing germany along with bmws own 7 series for th