RE: Alpine A290 officially previewed for first time

[Julian Scott]

blistacompact said:

Turbobanana said:

It's a long shot, but could it be to do with the need to fit people in?

People don't realize how much difference just 10 centimeters make.

twingo 1
width: 1 630 mm
height: 1 423 mm

twingo 2
width: 1650 mm
height: 1470 mm

twingo 3
width: 1640 mm
height: 1550 mm


10 centimeters is also the difference in height between a civic 5g (think eg6) et a 7g (ep3)...

A lot of that kind of growth is legislation though, crash protection etc. The original Twingo offered about as much protection as a lycra speed suit.

[AlphaDelta]

dunnoreally said:

Am I the only one seeing a lot of Mk5 Fiesta in that?

Exactly my thoughts. The concepts of this did look good though, I’ve high hopes for this car.

[LuS1fer]

Looks like the new Renault 5 to me.

Which makes sense since the original sporty Renault 5 was an Renault 5 Alpine.

[Julian Scott]

LuS1fer said:

Looks like the new Renault 5 to me.

Which makes sense since the original sporty Renault 5 was an Renault 5 Alpine.

....and that Alpine is Renault