The finished product may not wear an M7 badge as so many have called for from BMW's flagship sedan series over the years. But the Alpina name carries a cachet all its own and has for the past 50 ...

Audi has the S8, Mercedes has the S63 AMG and Jaguar has the XJR, but BMW has always held that an M7 wasn't justified, leaving its associated Alpina line to tackle that market with the B7 (pictured).

The BMW M760i isn’t an M7, and I think that makes it better suited to be a BMW 7 Series. A limited number of Alpina B7 sedans will be available, based on a similar chassis and with identical ...