On the road, Alpina was an early adopter of turbocharging, and is widely known for its early take on race -
style gearchanging too, with the Switchtronic steering wheel button system.
Not exact matches
Nor does it have a diesel -
style wait - surge -
gearchange driving
style — owing to the supercharging method of induction, it's much more linear than any diesel, feeling more like a naturally aspirated engine — just one with a little more urge than you'd expect.
The manual
style gearstick remained but there was no clutch pedal — the clutch being controlled by electronics when each
gearchange was made.