The New Alpina Concept Copied This Volvo Trick, But BMW Won’t Make The Swedes’ Mistake

One of the best design elements of the Vision BMW Alpina Concept car, revealed earlier this month, was its tiny shark-fin-style door handles. Now the CarBuzz research team has found a patent filed with the USPTO that shows BMW could bring them to production on a real car. Without the sacrifices that have caused problems with similar handles from Volvo and Ford.