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France's Last Supercar? The Alpine A110 R Le Mans Means Business - JayEmm on Cars
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AutoTopNL review of the Alpine A290 GTS
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High Peak Autos review of the Alpine A110
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Alpine postpones US market launch amid tariff and EV uncertainty
US market was a key element in Renault’s future expansion plans for its premium brand
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US market was a key element in Renault’s future expansion plans for its premium brand
Want an Alpine in the US? You're going to have to wait a little longer as Renault postpones the move | Autocar
US market was a key element in Renault’s future expansion plans for its premium brand
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Autocar prototype drive of the Alpine A390
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John Banks Reviews review of the A290
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Pretty obvs answer.
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batchreviews first look at the Alpine A390
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Electrifying first look at the Alpine A390
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Revealed: the fast, sporty, tri-motor Alpine A390
And in good news, it's not another crossover. Yay! Meet Alpine's powerful new five-door
Well we expected the new Alpine electric five-door to be fast. And it is. The surprise, and relief really, is that it isn't a crossover. It's lower than a VW ID.3, and barely taller than a Golf.
It's low proportions give it a chance to feel properly sporty. So does the fact it has three motors. The rear two are independent for each wheel, so it can dance through corners.
Most of all perhaps, we've got Alpine's record. While the A110 is a very different thing – petrol-driven and analogue versus electric and digital – at least it shows they know what they're aiming at. The little A290 EV hot hatch is pretty fine too.
Best estimates put the A390 at somewhere between £60k-70k. The lower of those prices gets 400bhp, 0-62mph in 4.8 seconds and plenty of equipment. Step up to the top rung and it's 470bhp, 0-62mph in 3.9 seconds and even more kit including bigger 21in wheels and very fancy French Diavelet hi-fi.
The body design is a striking departure from everyone else's EV five-doors. From the side, it has more than a soupçon of stretched-out A110, thanks to the belt-line crease dropping towards the rear wheel, and the distinctive window and roof lines, with the characteristic bubble glass tailgate behind.
At the front it goes its own way, with no obvious reference to the small inner lamp pairs of the A110 and A290 (themselves are echoes of the 1960s rally spotlamps). The A390 has multiple triangular LEDs to give the face a pixie-dust look. A wing surface runs between the headlamps along the upper nose, with an air channel beneath it. Aero matters in this car.
And in good news, it's not another crossover. Yay! Meet Alpine's powerful new five-door
Well we expected the new Alpine electric five-door to be fast. And it is. The surprise, and relief really, is that it isn't a crossover. It's lower than a VW ID.3, and barely taller than a Golf.
It's low proportions give it a chance to feel properly sporty. So does the fact it has three motors. The rear two are independent for each wheel, so it can dance through corners.
Most of all perhaps, we've got Alpine's record. While the A110 is a very different thing – petrol-driven and analogue versus electric and digital – at least it shows they know what they're aiming at. The little A290 EV hot hatch is pretty fine too.
Best estimates put the A390 at somewhere between £60k-70k. The lower of those prices gets 400bhp, 0-62mph in 4.8 seconds and plenty of equipment. Step up to the top rung and it's 470bhp, 0-62mph in 3.9 seconds and even more kit including bigger 21in wheels and very fancy French Diavelet hi-fi.
The body design is a striking departure from everyone else's EV five-doors. From the side, it has more than a soupçon of stretched-out A110, thanks to the belt-line crease dropping towards the rear wheel, and the distinctive window and roof lines, with the characteristic bubble glass tailgate behind.
At the front it goes its own way, with no obvious reference to the small inner lamp pairs of the A110 and A290 (themselves are echoes of the 1960s rally spotlamps). The A390 has multiple triangular LEDs to give the face a pixie-dust look. A wing surface runs between the headlamps along the upper nose, with an air channel beneath it. Aero matters in this car.
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