Alpina B10 E34 or Mercedes 190 2.5 Cosworth
Alpina B10 E34 or Mercedes 190 2.5 Cosworth
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911stu

Original Poster:

678 posts

241 months

Saturday 20th November 2010
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Im thinking of buying a 190 cosworth and to justify it i have to get rid of my B10.
Out of curiosity i was wondering which you would go for . Both are manuals.
I have decided to keep the Alpina due to the fact of it being a nice one that i know all the history of and i may end up with a nasty surprise with the 190.....unless any one persuades me otherwise

belleair302

7,007 posts

235 months

Sunday 21st November 2010
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The Alpina is a better built car, larger, more unusual and more fun to drive. Why sell to but the M-B??

Welshbeef

49,633 posts

226 months

Sunday 21st November 2010
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Come off it the merc cosworth is very rare but not that fast these days

Would you be getting the one which revs to 13,000rpm as per the race cars would be amazing driving a car with a spoon equivalent engineered unit.

E30M3SE

8,493 posts

224 months

Sunday 21st November 2010
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Is your Alpina B10 Bi or the N/A version?

Welshbeef

49,633 posts

226 months

Sunday 21st November 2010
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Come off it the merc cosworth is very rare but not that fast these days

Would you be getting the one which revs to 13,000rpm as per the race cars would be amazing driving a car with a spoon equivalent engineered unit.

Pentoman

4,835 posts

291 months

Sunday 21st November 2010
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Already made the decision and went for the Merc. My reasons were smaller, lighter, cheaper to run, build quality and reliability,, and I figured it would age better and be easier to sell on. E34 is lovely don't get me wrong and there are lots of things it will do better than the Merc, and it's probably going to make a better road car too.