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"  Blessed with taking the B7 home this past weekend, thanks to a bit of fortuitous timing, I couldn&amp;#039;t have picked a better event to cruise the Alpina-finessed BMW 7 Series to on a Saturday morning than Bimmerfest 2011. Where else would the B7&amp;#039;s 500 bhp 4.4-liter turbocharged V-8, 21-inch Alpina Classic wheels and Alpina aero kit be more at home? Held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, the annual gathering of North American BMW enthusiasts packed the parking lots on the periphery of the storied stadium. From the latest 5 Series to E30 M3s to 2002 models and older, thousands of BMWs in various states of modification proliferated the field \u2013showroom stock cars were lined up next to heavily tuned Bimmers and retired motorsports chassis. A vendor row with tuners and manufacturers displayed the latest wares and BMW corporate even brought a few of their cars. Yep, BMW at Bimmerfest, who would&amp;#039;ve thunk it?                  Related posts:   2012 Bimmerfest: The Ultimate Car Meet for the Ultimate Driving Machine  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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