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BY: MORGAN KORN, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) The fastest and rarest BMWs sold in the U.S. do not come from the Bavarian automaker s headquarters in Munich. Nearly 300 dedicated workers in Buchloe, Germany, an hour s drive from Munich, tune, modify, upgrade and hand-assemble the cars, giving each one the white-glove treatment before they re shipped overseas. Alpina, an independent, autonomous company and household name among Germans, produces low-volume, specialized automobiles that are even more uncommon than a Ferrari or Rolls-Royce. About 1,700 Alpinas are built each year, with 400 shipped to the U.S. Ferrari, in comparison, sold 10,131 sports cars in 2019; Rolls-Royce delivered 5,152 vehicles that same year. ....