The Alpine A290_b is teased ahead of a debut on 5 May, and looks to be Alpine’s take on the electric Renault 5. If you want an Alpine – Renault’s performance brand – you are pretty limited in your choice, with just the A110 in its various iterations on offer. But Alpine has plans to […]
Alpine heading to Pikes Peak with the appropriately named A110 Pikes Peak
Alpine is taking on the 2023 Pikes Peak Hillclimb with the appropriately named Alpine A110 Pikes Peak with 500bhp. With the challenging Pikes Peak Hillclimb coming up in June, we already know Ford will be taking on the challenge with an electric transit Supervan (yes, really), and now Alpine has thrown its hat into the […]
Renault Clio E-Tech refreshed and hybrid-only to pick up sales from the defunct Ford Fiesta
The facelifted Renault Clio E-Tech arrives with a cosmetic makeover and a new ‘Alpine’trim with single petrol hybrid option. Superminis are starting to disappear from the car landscape in the UK, especially with For ending Fiesta production this year, but Renault plans to grab a big slice of the Fiesta market with a new (well, […]
New Renault Espace arrives as an SUV – but not for the UK
Renault has revealed the new Espace, which is now an SUV – effectively, a bigger Austral – but it’s not coming to the UK. It’s almost seven years since Peugeot turned the 5008 MPV into a really rather good SUV as buyers’ desire for MPVs waned. And it’s been quite a success. Now, Renault is […]
New Renault Espace TEASED – looks like a stretched Austral
A new Renault Espace is teased to be on the way, no longer an MPV but a seven-seat stretched Renault Austral SUV. There was a time when the Renault Espace was the MPV to have, but its appeal waned as buyers opted for SUVs instead of MPVs and it hasn’t been sold in the UK […]
New Alpine A110 R Fernando Alonso costs MORE than a Porsche Cayman GT4 RS
The new Alpine A110 R arrives to top the Alpine A110 range, with a limited edition A110 Fernando Alonso model at an eye-watering price. It’s almost six years since Renault’s Alpine revealed a modern take on the A110, with the new model delivering a relatively inexpensive lightweight sports car costing from under £50k. Since then, […]
Renault 4EVER Trophy TEASES a new electric Renault 4
The Renault 4EVER Trophy Concept arrives at the Paris Motor Show to tease a new electric Renault 4 due in 2025. The Renault 4 badge disappeared from Renault’s lineup in the early 1990s after a 30-year run as Renault’s take on a more refined Citroen 2CV, selling an impressive eight million or so in its […]
Alpine Alpenglow – it’s a hydrogen-powered ICE concept, NOT a breakfast cereal
The Alpine Alpenglow Concept arrives as a taste of Alpine’s LMDh car and features an ICE powertrain fuelled by hydrogen. French carmakers are fond of a concept that’s more than a little barking and never heading for production, but this Alpine Concept – the Alpine Alpenglow – appears to be a pointer towards Alpine’s LMDh […]
Renault’s R5 Turbo 3E Drift EV casts a HALO glow ahead of new Renault 5 EV’s arrival
The Renault R5 Turbo 3E Drift EV arrives as a one-off to celebrate 50 years since the arrival of the Renault 5 and cast a halo on the new Renault 5 EV. It’s 50 years since the Renault 5 arrived – and getting on for 30 years since it disappeared into the Renault graveyard in […]
Electric Alpine A110 E-ternite Concept gets Renault EV battery and motor
Alpine reveals the A110 E-ternite Concept as an electric version of the ICE Alpine A110, using batteries and motor from the electric Megane. At the start of last year, we learnt that Lotus and Alpine are working together on a new electric car, with the end product expected to replace the A110. Ahead of the […]