Alpine A290 to be revealed on 13 June 2024
Discussion
Perhaps it is time to start discussing the upcoming electric Alpine A290 hot hatch on this forum also.
A290 will be officially revealed on 13 June 2024 in Le Mans. Here is the short Alpine press release related to A290 release date:
https://media.alpinecars.com/alpine-a290-official-...
A290 will be based on the same platform as recently introduced Renault 5 EV.
Who is interested in buying the A290? What people think about A290? Other comments related to A290?
A290 will be officially revealed on 13 June 2024 in Le Mans. Here is the short Alpine press release related to A290 release date:
https://media.alpinecars.com/alpine-a290-official-...
A290 will be based on the same platform as recently introduced Renault 5 EV.
Who is interested in buying the A290? What people think about A290? Other comments related to A290?
Based on the fact that nobody has commented anything in here it seems like A290 doesn't seem interesting to current A110 owners for example?
Personally I have two cars, 2022 A110 and 2019 Fiesta ST. A110 is my daily driver in summer and in winter it stays in winter storage. Fiesta ST is my winter car which is also called to duty occasionally in summer when I need to carry more stuff or people and I'm planning to replace that with something else quite soon. At the moment top 2 options for me to replace Fiesta are either Megane IV RS or this new upcoming Alpine A290.
The A290 seems interesting to me and I have nothing against EVs. However since it would be a winter car for me and the expectation is that when temperatures drop to way below zero (-20C for example, which is very realistic here in Finland) the range of an electric car might drop to half compared to warmer weather. That is my biggest concern with A290 (and all the other EVs) which might mean that it doesn't really fit to my use case (or I would have to have a third petrol car to enable longer drives in winter and a third car is not realistic option for me).
In general I think that the A290 looks very promising. I like hot hatches and have owned several of them and it's nice to see an interesting electric hot hatch coming to market.
Personally I have two cars, 2022 A110 and 2019 Fiesta ST. A110 is my daily driver in summer and in winter it stays in winter storage. Fiesta ST is my winter car which is also called to duty occasionally in summer when I need to carry more stuff or people and I'm planning to replace that with something else quite soon. At the moment top 2 options for me to replace Fiesta are either Megane IV RS or this new upcoming Alpine A290.
The A290 seems interesting to me and I have nothing against EVs. However since it would be a winter car for me and the expectation is that when temperatures drop to way below zero (-20C for example, which is very realistic here in Finland) the range of an electric car might drop to half compared to warmer weather. That is my biggest concern with A290 (and all the other EVs) which might mean that it doesn't really fit to my use case (or I would have to have a third petrol car to enable longer drives in winter and a third car is not realistic option for me).
In general I think that the A290 looks very promising. I like hot hatches and have owned several of them and it's nice to see an interesting electric hot hatch coming to market.
Bumblebeessss said:
I spoke to alpine Aberdeen and they reckon the A290 will be around 30k mark. I agree it's a tricky decision to make as I do like everything about the A110.
I would be surprised if the A290 prices would start from around 30 thousand GBP. That seems to be approximately 35 tEUR and since the base model Renault 5 is promised to start from around 25 tEUR I would estimate that the higher end Renault 5 prices to be nearer to 35 thousand EUR. Therefore my personal guess is that A290 starting price would be in the region of 40 thousand euros. We'll see. Gassing Station | Alpine | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff