This 1999 BMW Alpina B3 3.3 is finished in Alpina Blue Metallic over Alpina cloth sport seats, showing 101,000 km. Delivered new in Japan, this saloon is number 69 of the 591 four-door B3 3.3s built. The 3.3-liter inline-six is rated at 280 bhp and 335 Nm and is paired with a Switch-Tronic automatic gearbox. The car now carries Dutch registration and is offered by Open Air Imports with a 30-photo gallery.

The seller reports the car wears all of its original paint and presents excellently. The lights have been converted for European traffic.

Inside are the Alpina signatures: blue-gauge instrumentation, Myrtle wood trim, an Alpina steering wheel and floor mats, and the Alpina cloth sport seats. The seller describes the cabin as clean throughout.

A recent major service covered all filters and fluids, a rebuilt VANOS unit, a valve cover gasket, engine and transmission mounts, a differential bushing, fuel lines and front control arms. The air conditioning compressor, belt and tensioner were replaced and the seller reports the system blows cold.

The B3 3.3 was unveiled at the 1999 Geneva Motor Show, Alpina's version of the E46 with a 3.3-liter engine developed from the US-market S52 and brakes and suspension of its own specification. Early cars like this one, in Alpina Blue over cloth, are the purest form of it.