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9ff
Explore full logo history →| What we compare | Alpina | 9ff |
|---|---|---|
| Country in archive | Germany | Germany |
| Founded | January 1, 1965 | 2001 |
| Founder | Burkard Bovensiepen | Jan Fatthauer |
| Headquarters | Buchloe, Bavaria, Germany | Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Name origin | Alpina is the name of the company Burkard Bovensiepen founded in 1965, and the sources used here do not state why that word was chosen. It matches the Latin and German word for alpine, and the brand name was already linked to the Bovensiepen family's earlier typewriter business before the BMW tuning work began. | Wikipedia does not explain where the name 9ff comes from. It does record that the company was founded by Jan Fatthauer and that it specializes in Porsche conversions. The 9 may allude to the Porsche 911 line, but that is an assumption and not a documented fact. |
| Selected models | C2 2.7, B10 Bi-Turbo, B12 5.7, Roadster V8, B5 Touring, B7 | GT9, Speed9, GTurbo |
| Earliest archived brand logo | 1965 | 2001 |
| Latest archived logo | 2026 | 2021 |
| Archived logo assets | 2 | 2 |
Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.
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