You'll Never See Another BMW Alpina B6 Gran Coupe Like This

A 600-hp one-of-a-kind luxury performance machine.

BMW is no stranger to doing special editions. But when it comes to Alpina, the also German-based company that develops high-performance versions of BMWs, special editions are a little less common. One-offs even more so. So we were pleasantly surprised to see this: the BMW Alpina B6 xDrive Gran Coupe CCA Edition. And yes, it’s a one-of-a-kind. Developed in collaboration between BMW, BMW Car Club of America and Alpina, this bespoke B6 Gran Coupe has received a number of upgrades, both aesthetically and mechanically.

Power comes from the familiar 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 with 600 hp and 590 lb-ft of torque. Zero to 60 mph happens in just 3.6 seconds and it has a top speed of 198 mph. To give things an extra growl, the car received an Akrapovic titanium exhaust system, engineered as a one-piece system stretching over a length of about 12 feet from the downpipes to the rear tailpipes. It’s made entirely of titanium, which helps reduce weight more than 15 pounds. The two twin tailpipes are finished with a carbon fiber trim. The exterior is finished in Alpina Blue Metallic. But it’s the interior where the real craftsmanship was done.

Step inside and you’ll find Merino Opal White Full Merino leather, piano black trim featuring a BMW CCA Edition silver inscription on the center console. There’s also a hand-finished Alpina Lavalina steering wheel with bespoke stitching that, along with the floor and trunk mats, matches the Merino Opal leather upholstery. The headrests, of course, also have an embossed Alpina logo. Lastly, there’s a BMW CCA Edition 01/01 inscription plaque on the engine bay, boasting the signatures of the father-son duo behind the Alpina family business. No pricing was given because it appears this one-off Alpina B6 Gran Coupe will be rewarded to one lucky raffle winner.

You'll Be Seeing A Lot Of BMW Action In Mission: Impossible Fallout

Massive respect for Tom Cruise who once again did all of his own stunt driving.

Car product placement has become increasingly prevalent and lucrative in Hollywood. This month, you’ll see the new Lexus LC 500 make its cinematic debut in Marvel’s Black Panther. Meanwhile, the Hyundai Veloster will see some action in the upcoming Ant Man sequel—Ant Man and the Wasp. But one of this year’s most anticipated action movies is Mission: Impossible Fallout, the sixth movie in the long-running spy franchise scheduled for release in July, and it will once again showcase Tom Cruise driving Bimmers and Beemers to the absolute limit.

The studio behind the film recently dropped an action-packed trailer featuring Cruise careening through Paris streets during a high-speed car chase in a classic E28 BMW 5 Series. Behind the scenes footage last year showed Cruise doing a reverse 180 down some stairs and dashing between pillars in the 5 Series. These scenes are previewed in the trailer.

It's not just kidney-grilled cars in the flick, either. Cruise rides a BMW R Nine T motorcycle in the trailer in his attempts to evade Paris police. This isn’t the first time BMW has paid for placement in the Mission: Impossible franchise. The German automaker used Ghost Protocol as a platform to promote the i8 hybrid sports car in 2014, while Rogue Nation brought a BMW S 1000 RR to the silver screen in 2011, along with a BMW M3 driven to its ultimate end. Cruise is renowned for doing his own daring stunts; Mission: Impossible Fallout is no exception. You have to respect the 55-year-old actor for putting his life at risk when most actors would simply rely on a dedicated lookalike stuntman.

Cruise reportedly broke his ankle for the newest film during a shot that saw him leap from on building to another. And if you didn’t think he could top the scary stunt in Rogue Nation that saw him clinging onto a plane as it took off, think again. In Fallout, he ups the ante even further by performing a dizzying 360-degree spin in a helicopter while another chases him close behind. This would be a dangerous stunt for experienced pilots, let alone for Cruise who also has to act his role at the same time. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, Mission: Impossible Fallout opens in theaters July 27.