It’s no longer a secret: From 2026, Alpine will become 100% electric ! If the manufacturer’s range is currently centered around the A110, this will complement its offering in 2025 “crossover GT segment C”, according to the terms used by the brand. A model that will be produced in Dieppe, in its historic factory. Then in 2026 it will be the A110’s turn to give way to a new generation. This is the “Dream Garage”, as De Meo announced during the presentation of Renaulution’s recovery plan in early 2021. But this summer, the CEO went much further by announcing four more new models by 2030. The new A110 introduces a new platform called APP.

Alpine’s goal by 2030

This will also be used the future convertiblebut also for revive the A310 (which at one time replaced the A110), which this time will look like four-seater sports coupe. Then it will be added two new larger modelswhich will take place in the D (compared to the BMW Series 3 or X3) and E (Series 5 / But before all these plans become reality, the first electric sports model should appear in 2024: the Alpine A290. Unveiled a few months ago, this is the sporty version of the future Renault 5 E-Tech: so the Renault 5 Alpine bomb of the 70s is indeed making a comeback! What do we already know about it?

The A290 is starting to show itself

Its appearance is already practically fixed in relation to the concept. It will take the silhouette of the R5 E-Tech, with more character and sportsmanship: Finn imposing, Illuminated sign “X”. characteristic of the alpine style, special Brembo braking system, as on the A110 Berlinette. This A290 will be based on the AmpR Small platform of the Renault group (formerly CMF-B EV), we do not yet know about the characteristics of its battery and therefore its autonomy. The same gray area under the hood: rumors report an electric unit that will be developed 220 horsepowerborrowed from Mégane E-Tech.

Despite this uncertainty, today Alpine is starting to tell us a little more about… its dimensions! That way, we know it’s going to measure up 3.99 m long, 1.82 m wide and 1.52 m high and will weigh less than 1500 kg. ! It’s not much, but it’s not nothing: this Alpine A290 is starting to take shape in our heads, we’ll just have to wait a little longer…

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