9th Apr, 2025 12:00

Imperial War Museum | Duxford, Cambridgeshire

 
  Lot 90
 

1996 BMW Alpina B3 3.2 'Supercharged'
No Reserve - Being sold to aid the British Heart Foundation

Sold for £15,188

(including buyers premium)


Lot details

Registration No: P3 NSK (See below)
Chassis No: WAPB332L06WE40016
MOT: None

  • Warranted 57,000 miles from new with supporting main dealer and marque specialist service history
  • Uprated with a supercharger by renowned BMW performance specialist Birds
  • 1 of just 85 B3 3.2 Saloons made (in both LHD and RHD)
  • Barn stored for eighteen years following the vendor's reposting to America

Introduced in April 1996, every Alpina B3 3.2 began life as a BMW (E36) 328i before being thoroughly reworked by the famous, Buchloe-based tuning house turned manufacturer. Enlarged to 3.2 litres, the newcomer’s straight-six DOHC engine featured a re-programmed engine management system, freer-flowing exhaust system, revised combustion chambers and Mahle lightweight pistons etc. Developing some 265bhp and 330Nm, it could be allied to either six-speed manual or five-speed Switchtronic automatic transmission. Reputedly capable of 0-100km/h in 5.9 seconds and over 162mph, Alpina offered the B3 3.2 in saloon, coupe, convertible or estate guises all of which benefited from revised springing, stiffer anti-roll bars and bigger brakes. Only in production for three years, Alpina sold a mere 342 B3 3.2s making them far, far scarcer than BMW’s contemporary M3.

One of just eight-five Alpina B3 3.2 Saloons (the vast majority of which were built to left-hand drive specification), chassis AS63685 was supplied new by Sytner Nottingham Ltd and first registered as ‘P3 NSK’ on October 2nd 1996. Finished in Arctic Silver Metallic with Grey leather upholstery, the four-seater was re-registered as ‘BM 100’ three months later. Racing a variety of historic machines at the time, the then owner – Brian Moore - decided to have the Alpina’s already impressive performance enhanced and so entrusted it to renowned BMW performance specialist BIRDS for a supercharger conversion. The result was a seriously rapid machine that had M3-humbling levels of performance but which could also cosset thanks to its Switchtronic five-speed transmission. Main dealer and marque specialist serviced at 6,360, 15,287, 19,809, 23,579, 27,426, 33,787, 37,688, 42,437, 47,060, 49,608 and 57,737 miles, the last of was carried out on 28th February 2007 with the B3 3.2 being put into dry storage the following month when the vendor relocated overseas. Coming to market for the first time in twenty years and dormant for most of those, ‘P3 NSK’ will require careful recommissioning. Offered for sale to benefit the British Heart Foundation, this four-wheeled adrenaline pump pleasingly retains its original book pack.

PLEASE NOTE: This lot does not come with a current V5C Registration Document. Prompted by the vendor moving house, the last one issued to it was dated 15th July 2005. An export marker has appeared on the DVLA’s records for the Alpina without the seller’s knowledge or consent. He has never exported the car. Furthermore, the company which has been storing the B3 3.2 has provided us with seventy invoices as proof of its residency in the UK. Both the vendor and the storage company are happy to provide written confirmation of these facts to a new owner. Copies of the storage bills together with one for the supercharger conversion (totalling £7,596.90) are included within the history file.

For more information, please contact:
Luke Hipkiss
luke.hipkiss@handh.co.uk
07886398226

 

Auction: Imperial War Museum | Duxford, Cambridgeshire, 9th Apr, 2025

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