RACE-BRED: ENOUGH SAID?(some text hidden)

By Jonathan Crouch

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The A390 is Alpine's first family EV. Lots of work has gone in here to make this fast electric five-door feel a credibly enthusiast-orientated electric car. Has it paid off?

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More than any other car brand, except perhaps for Lotus, Alpine is synonymous with lightness. Which is why at just over a tonne, its first modern-era sports car, the A110, could keep up with far more powerful rivals. With that in mind, what are we to make of this, the Alpine A390? It weighs 2,121kg. And it's not a sports car - in fact, it's the first Alpine model in living memory to be able to seat five. Thanks to underpinnings distantly borrowed from the current Renault Scenic SUV. Which in turn means that it's all-electric. This isn't Alpine's first EV - we've already had the Renault 5-based A290 - but the power output here is in a different league from that little supermini sportster. The A390 has even more powerful mid-sized EV performance cars in its sights, like the Hyundai IONIQ 5N and the Kia EV6 GT. So like its brand, it's ambitiously targeted. Realistically targeted? Let's see.