Operators work on a car at the Alpine sports cars' Renault factory in Dieppe on January 28, 2022.
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Renault Group's performance-oriented brand Alpine thrilled its fans last year when it announced plans to launch three new vehicles by 2026. Alpine's three new products include a crossover named the GT X-Over, a new version of the A110, and a hot hatch.
Alpine revealed more details about its much-awaited electric crossover this week, saying that the GT X-Over will be assembled at its Dieppe plant in France. This facility currently builds its A110 models. That is not a complete surprise given that Renault has installed Dieppe as its main production hub for small series, sports, and competition vehicles.
Alpine has great plans for this plant, which will be renamed as the Manufacture Alpine Dieppe Jean Rédélé, after the company's founder Jean Rédélé. Alpine announced that the Dieppe facility will be the first plant in Normandy to build electric vehicles, noting that the brand's main aim is to "produce a vehicle with features and equipment like no other on the segment."
Alpine GT X-Over due in 2025
Alpine is still keeping most of the GT X-Over's details under wraps, but the French manufacturer confirmed that the crossover will go into production by 2025. In the press release, Alpine hyped up the GT X-Over, saying the new model will combine the brand's competitive know-how and experience in developing electric vehicles with the Alpine Brand's excellence in creating sports vehicles.
The electric crossover will be among the first beneficiaries of the renewed Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance announced this past week. The GT X-Over will be based on the CMF-EV platform that Renault and Nissan jointly developed.
This platform is flexible enough to underpin various vehicles, from crossovers to sedans. The alliance has already announced that the same architecture was used on the Renault Megane E-Tech and Nissan Ariya. Alpine will be investing huge amounts of money to help the Dieppe facility adapt to the latest CMF-EV platform.
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Alpine's electrification pushes ahead
Apart from the GT X-Over, Alpine also gave some updates regarding its replacement for the A110 and the electric hot hatch. Alpine's electric sports car will arrive in 2026, with the vehicle set to use a modular platform known as E-Sports, which Lotus is developing. Alpine's A110 successor will be twinned with Lotus' successor to the Elise, with that sports car also set to make its debut in 2026.
On the other hand, Alpine's electric hot hatch will be based on the alliance's CMF-BEV platform, which is designed for compact EVs. This vehicle will be a tuned version of a Renault hatchback previewed last year by the Renault 5 prototype.
While developing these three electric vehicles over the next few years, Alpine will continue to compete in Formula One and the World Endurance Championship (Le Mans Hypercar class).
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