BMW Alpina 5-Series Wagon with 2 Turbos

Visit Autoblog.com to see Alpina B5 Touring

I'm not ashamed to admit that I've become my parents. My most recent car is a station wagon. I needed more room to haul stuff but I wasn't interested in a top-heavy SUV. So I got a BMW wagon. I love it. I haul auto parts, scuba gear and dogs and it still goes like stink, handles like a BMW and gets 25 mpg (which is good with the way I drive.)

Autoblog.com posted a series of photos of the Alpina-modified version of the new BMW 5-Series wagon (BMW calls their station wagons "tourings.") What Alpina is famous for is taking a quick BMW and making it seriously fast. They've been at it since 1961 so they're getting pretty good at it. This new wagon sports a twin-turbo 4.4L V8 that is good for 0-100 kph (62 mph) in 4.7 seconds and a top speed of 187 mph (307 kph). Did I mention it's a station wagon? Sign me up--Frank

Almost Everything Welcomes Intern Jinkie

Student Intern Jinkie working at Almost Everything Autobody 

Almost Everything Autobody welcomes our most recent intern, Jinkie. She comes to us from the College of Alameda and the California School for the Deaf here in Fremont. Jinkie has been studying auto body repair at school. She's proud to be a woman in what is often thought of as a male dominated field (although Jinkie is certainly not Almost Everything Autobody's first female employee.)

Jinkie is helping to prep cars for paint by learning to remove pinstripes and decals and to protect chrome mouldings in preparation for sanding.

2006 Land Rover Range Rover Sport With Auto collision repair

Today's Car of the Day is a 2006 Land Rover Range Rover Sport that came in with front end damage. The front bumper cover was torn off and the right fender was dented. Almost Everything Autobody replaced the front bumper cover with a new part from the dealer, along with new brackets, headlamp washer nozzle's and lower spoiler parts. Almost Everything Autobody repaired the dents on the right fender. Almost Everything Autobody painted the right fender, front bumper cover and blended the right front door for a better color match. Almost Everything Autobody used the same quality paint used by the manufacturer. Almost Everything Autobody also buffed out scratches on the hood and headlamps.

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