Alpine News

Look out Cupra! Renault's performance brand to return to Australia after four years with a sporty tri-motor Tesla Model Y, Cupra Tavascan, Hyundai Ioniq 5, Kia EV6, Skoda Enyaq and Volkswagen ID.5 electric SUV rival

By Jack Quick · 28 May 2025

After a four-year hiatus, Renault Group has confirmed the Alpine brand will be returning to Australian shores. Its first model since the A110 sports car that was sold locally from 2018 to 2022, will be the new A390 electric ‘coupe’ SUV that was revealed overnight in France.

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Four-cylinder sports car gets Ferrari price tag: French automaker Alpine sends off its iconic A110 coupe with the brand's most powerful version yet, the Alpine A110 R Ultime

By Samuel Irvine · 15 Oct 2024

Alpine’s final version of its A110 Coupe will be its most powerful (and expensive) yet, as the French automaker fittingly bids ‘au revoir’ to its flagship model at the Paris motor show this week.

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Sporty brand takes aim at Tesla Model Y and Porsche Macan: Alpine 2025 A390 electric SUV promises an 'A110 for five' with true sporting DNA

By John Law · 14 Oct 2024

Alpine has revealed a new A390 electric SUV concept that it promises is 80 per cent production ready.

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Automaker behind F1 team set to deliver electric performance SUV to smash the Porsche Macan, Hyundai Ioniq 5 N and Kia EV6 GT

By Samuel Irvine · 09 Sep 2024

Renault’s performance subsidiary Alpine will reveal its first-ever electric SUV at the Paris auto show this October.

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New electric car for petrol heads: 2025 Alpine A290 EV hot hatch revealed as Renault 5 based Hyundai i20 N and VW Polo GTI rival

By John Law · 17 Jun 2024

Alpine revives Renault Sport spirit with A290

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The hot hatch, recharged! 2024 Alpine A290 confirmed as near production-ready, so is this the successor to the Renault Clio RS?

By Chris Thompson · 10 May 2023

France has a history of building some of the most widely revered hot hatches in the world, and it doesn’t look like the electric car era is going to change that. This is the spiritual successor to the Renault Clio Sport - the Alpine A290.

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Watts up at Renault?! Renault Australia powers ahead on electric cars through pure-electric vans, ultra-cool retro R5 and Alpine performance

By James Cleary · 14 Mar 2023

"Anything electric (Renault Group) builds in right-hand drive we will have our hand up for." So said Renault Australia General Manager, Glen Sealey, speaking to CarsGuide at a recent preview of the brand's pure-electric Megane E-Tech SUV, due for local launch in the fourth quarter of this year.

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Disappearing brands: Holden, Chrysler, Opel and the other brands that have left Australia - and the one that's making a comeback

By Stephen Ottley · 28 Aug 2022

Australia is often lauded as one of the most competitive new car markets in the world, with more than 40 brands fighting for slightly more than one million sales per year.

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Gone too soon? Mercedes-Benz X-Class, Mitsubishi Express, Ford Endura and more of Australia's shortest-lived cars

By Tony O'Kane · 23 Jul 2022

Are these mercy killings, or the cruel hand of fate? Not all short-lived cars deserved to die young, but then again the candle that burns half as long doesn’t always burn twice as bright.

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Toyota's reborn MR2: What we know about new all-electric Porsche, Lotus, Maserati and Alpine rival

By Stephen Ottley · 27 Feb 2022

Toyota has been teasing a new sports car for years and in December 2021 we got our best look yet at what's likely to be the all-new MR2.It was almost lost in the crowd as Toyota unveiled 17 electric concept cars on the same day, but the GR-badged, mid-eng

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