THE FINISHING TOUCH
BUCHLOE IS a small town in Bavaria, an hour or so west of Munich. Alpina founder Burkard Bovensiepen lives here in a house hemmed by buildings that are home to the small car company he founded in the 1960s.
Brawny BMWs weren’t the first things to wear Alpina badges. The brand name was chosen by Burkard’s father, Otto Rudolf, for the office machine manufacturing business he established in 1951. Alpina portable typewriters are now sought after by collectors, who
