Article Abstract
- Bovensiepen, the household behind ALPINA for many years, is restructuring its enterprise after BMW took over the ALPINA model.
- The brand new setup consists of 5 pillars, from handcrafted Bovensiepen automobiles to BMW service, engineering, used automobiles, and spare components.
- Buchloe stays the guts of the enterprise, with the Bovensiepen Zagato main the corporate’s subsequent chapter.
In a press release launched immediately, Bovensiepen, a brand new automaker primarily based in Buchloe, Germany, stated it’s reorganizing its automotive operations into 5 areas: Bovensiepen Vehicle, engineering and improvement companies, BMW Service, car gross sales, and authentic spare components for autos produced in Buchloe via 2025. If the identify sounds acquainted, it ought to. The Bovensiepen household is the one behind ALPINA, the legendary Buchloe firm based by Burkard Bovensiepen in 1965 and lengthy identified for constructing a few of the most distinctive BMW-based efficiency luxurious automobiles on the earth. BMW introduced in 2022 that it will purchase the rights to the ALPINA model, with the switch taking impact on January 1, 2026. Since then, the household enterprise has been making ready its subsequent transfer.
Now we’re seeing what that future appears like. On the heart of the brand new construction is Bovensiepen Vehicle, the brand new luxury-car arm answerable for the Bovensiepen Zagato. The limited-run grand tourer, designed by Zagato and in-built Buchloe, produces 611 horsepower, makes use of a carbon-fiber-heavy physique, and requires greater than 250 hours of hand meeting per automobile. Manufacturing of the primary buyer automobiles is scheduled to start within the second half of 2026.
Will Proceed To Work With BMW
The remainder of the enterprise is supposed to offer the corporate a broader base. Bovensiepen Engineering will proceed improvement work, together with companies for BMW Group. Buchloe may even now function as a certified BMW Service location, whereas Bovensiepen Licensed Vehicles will deal with specialist used and basic automobiles. The corporate can be increasing its components enterprise, backed by a brand new logistics hub that went into operation earlier this 12 months, in response to the discharge.
The corporate stays led by Andreas and Florian Bovensiepen, and simply as importantly, it says it stays dedicated to Buchloe. That half issues. For fanatics, Buchloe is greater than a location. It’s the place a long time of ALPINA historical past had been constructed, refined, and shipped out into the world. Official firm data nonetheless lists the Bovensiepen operation in Buchloe underneath the household’s management.
There’s a workforce aspect to the restructuring as effectively. Bovensiepen says personnel adjustments can be dealt with primarily via pure turnover, expiring fixed-term contracts, retirement-related agreements, and a restricted variety of transitional preparations for round 60 staff.
So though ALPINA belongs now to BMW, however the Bovensiepen household just isn’t stepping away from the automobile enterprise. As a substitute, it’s constructing a brand new future round its personal identify, with Buchloe nonetheless on the heart of it.
