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Latest archived mark · 2006
Artega
Explore full logo history →| What we compare | Alpina | Artega |
|---|---|---|
| Country in archive | Germany | Germany |
| Founded | January 1, 1965 | 2006 |
| Founder | Burkard Bovensiepen | Klaus Dieter Frers |
| Headquarters | Buchloe, Bavaria, Germany | Delbrück, 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. | The name of the company was suggested by Manfred Gotta, a German brand-development expert, when Klaus Dieter Frers founded Artega in 2006. It is a coined name and does not come from a founder's surname. |
| Selected models | C2 2.7, B10 Bi-Turbo, B12 5.7, Roadster V8, B5 Touring, B7 | Artega GT, Scalo, Karo |
| Earliest archived brand logo | 1965 | 2006 |
| Latest archived logo | 2026 | 2006 |
| Archived logo assets | 2 | 1 |
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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