RE: Alpine A290 officially previewed for first time

RE: Alpine A290 officially previewed for first time

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Julian Scott

3,500 posts

30 months

Wednesday 21st February
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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

288 posts

51 months

Thursday 22nd February
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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

41,668 posts

251 months

Thursday 22nd February
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Looks like the new Renault 5 to me.

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

Julian Scott

3,500 posts

30 months

Thursday 22nd February
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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