Alpine’s electrical future – Diepresse.com
Alpine was founded in Normandy 70 years ago. The honorable exotic status would be gladly down, which screw sales up. This is now the task of the Elektro-Crossover A390, which should be covered by ease-without being easy.
Zinedine Zidane is sitting in the passenger seat when the car rolls onto the stage – France’s strong football legend knows with Pierre Gasly next to him, the young man is full -time Formula 1-Pilot.
That it in Alpine-F1-Team is not that great that neo-team boss Flavio Briatoree the racing car for 2026 Power units worried that for the first time not from Renault will come, but from Mercedes,, Quel Malheur!, All of this should not play a role that evening at the end of May.
Here in Dieppe, where the country plunges into the Atlantic via cliffs, the celebration is celebrated this weekend, the small town in Normandy is festively equipped for the arrival of fans from all over Europe (and also elsewhere), the community 70 years of alpine want to commit.
150,000 guests are expected, an exceptional situation, especially in the low season, and more than one in ten will arrive with their own car, i.e. an alpine, everything between brand new and museum play.
Dieppe and the small but fine and world -famous car brand anyway, which is almost one. « We are so proud, » says the lady at the cashier when she recognizes the visitor that has come for it.
But back to the stage, which is now well filled in a specially built marquee close to the beach: Zizou, as you call it tenderly, the Formula 1 driver Gasly, other racers such as the Salzburg Ferdinand Habsburg and of course Renault-Würdenbäger with CEO Luca de Meo at the top.
« /> Is completely made in Dieppe: lightweight sports coupé Alpine A110. Production ends next year. Alpine promises a succession with an electric drive. tiv
This is about the future. Because the car that the people for one Photo opportunity Rows, is a hopeful part of it: the Alpine A390, a model that is supposed to open up new segments to the brand. The crossover, which is ambitious in terms of price (estimated in Austria from 65,000 euros, if it comes in 2026), is supposed to use Audi, BMW, Polestar And maybe too Porsche compete.
« /> Because it’s so nice: Today we see the A390 as an underestimated classic with rear engine. tiv
At Alpine, founded in 1955 by the young Renault dealer and motorsport enthusiasts Jean Rédélé in Dieppe, everything has always been turned for lightweight, motto: no longer PS, but fewer kilos to reach the finish faster. The Alpine A110-flat, light, rear engine, mostly in blue-brought the rally World Cup title to Dieppe in 1973. Renault also took command that year.
Below without the Dieppe plant: Body of the new Alpine A390 before it is placed on the electroplay with battery, chassis and three drive engines.
The light sports coupé, which has been built since 2017,, like the legendary original A110, will roll off the assembly line until early 2026. Then the combustion engine ends, with the last copy the electrical age begins with the brand.
