Alpine hatching plan for hybrid V6 supercar

Alpine has announced it’s developing its first supercar, with the technological showcase to be powered by an advanced plug-in hybrid V6 producing over 1000bhp (746kW).

Primed to line up alongside its next-generation A110 EV, Alpine’s boss, Philippe Krief, revealed the news during a roundtable at the unveiling of the brand’s A390 in the car-maker’s hometown of Dieppe, France.

Also announcing that its F1 team would assist in developing the supercar’s all-new powertrain, Krief confirmed the turbocharged rear-drive V6 would be mated with a pair of e-motors up front, providing the configuration with torque vectoring.

Keeping weight to a bare minimum, the new supercar will be made of aluminium and carbon-fibre, again leveraging the brand’s sizeable investment in motorsport.

Alpine has already teased a supercar in the shape of its striking Alpine Alpenglow concept but, according to Krief, that car will donate little to the new supercar.

“This is a road car, it will be very different,” he said.

Perhaps surprisingly, considering its high-profile switch to all-electric powertrains for the A290 hatch, latest A390 SUV and inbound A110 EV, is the decision to push for a petrol-electric powertrain, but it’s thought only the plug-in hybrid will develop both the power and on-track range needed for continuous flat-out driving without an emissions penalty.

Developing the engine is the Renault Group’s Hypertech division. Based at the car-maker’s World Endurance R&D centre in Viry-Chatillon in the south of Paris, the division will be drawing on the powertrain found in its A424 Le Mans racer to inform the development of the road car’s engine.

Tasked with being a “laboratory for innovation”, the new Alpine supercar will be “good business” claims Alpine’s boss who, in the past, developed the Ferrari 458 and was engineering boss of both the Alfa Romeo Giulia and Stelvio.

Krief was cagey about pricing for the unnamed Alpine supercar, but he was quick to point out that more than 1000 examples of the 2027 Renault 5 Turbo 3E sold out in under two weeks, even with its €155,000 ($A275,000) list price.

It’s thought that when the Alpine supercar arrives in 2028 it will be priced from €200,000 to €300,000 ($A350,000 to $A530,000).

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