Alpine Wants to Take on Ferrari With a 1,000-HP Hybrid Hypercar

Shortly after revealing its first crossover, the A390, Alpine hinted at something a bit more spectacular. Just like it's doing at Le Mans, Alpine wants to challenge the likes of Ferrari with a hybrid supercar.

At the media reveal for the A390 yesterday, Renault CEO Luca De Meo confirmed to TopGear and others that Alpine is working on a supercar. The site also spoke with Alpine head Philipe Krief, who confirmed the supercar, due in 2028, would be a 1,000-horsepower hybrid, with a turbocharged V-6 driving the rear wheels and an electric motor for each front wheel. 

Alpine Alpenglow Hy6 concept

Photo by: Alpine

"This car has three objectives," Krief told TopGear. "One is to bring Alpine up. You need this kind of car as it holds up all the rest of the range. Second, it's a laboratory of innovation, for the supercar, then for Alpine, and then for the whole [Renault] Group. Third, it will make a good business."

Conceptually, Alpine's hypercar would be similar to what Lamborghini is doing with the Temerario and Revuelto, and what Ferrari has done with the SF90. Just, with a V-6 in place of something with more cylinders.

Alpine plans to launch five new electric models between now and 2030. Next year, it'll reveal the all-electric replacement for the current A110. Eventually, Alpine will revive the A310 name for a 2+2 electric sports car riding on the same platform as the A110, and the company is also working on something larger than the A390, with which it'll enter the US market. Currently, Alpine also sells the A290, a hotter version of the Renault 5 hatchback.

Alpine's motorsports division, Alpine Hypertech, is developing the supercar's powertrain. The firm, which was created after Renault ended its Formula 1 engine program, also runs Alpine's World Endurance Championship effort, among other R&D programs. Krief also told TopGear that the car wouldn't look like Alpine's recent Alpenglow concept (pictured here), and the car doesn't yet have a name.

With any hope, we'll see it, along with more Alpine products, in America soon.

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