Alpine's new 2024 electric coupe, hatch, SUV: GT X-Over to be built in France

Update, January 29, 2022: Alpine has confirmed that at least one of its new electric models, the GT X-Over electric SUV, will be built at its plant in Dieppe, France.

The same facility is responsible for building the existing A110 coupe, which recently left the Australian market due to its incompatibility with new Australian Design Rules requirements.

Alpine describes the Dieppe plant as a site "dedicated to the production of small series, sports and competition vehicles".

While the GT X-Over represents an inflection point for yet another sports brand entering the jacked-up passenger vehicle market, Alpine promises the coupe-shaped SUV will deliver "all the excellence in sports vehicles that defines the Alpine brand".

Nothing else has been revealed at this stage, save for confirmation that the GT X-Over will go into production by 2025.

Mike Stevens

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July 3, 2021: Alpine teases electric coupe, hatch, SUV for 2024

It's been less than a fortnight since it was announced that Alpine would take over the Renault performance division formerly known as RenaultSport, yet the French marque has already teased its plans for the future.

In line with the Renault F1 Team rebranding to Alpine this year, the niche manufacturer will be handling all of the hot Renault products from now on – though it has been confirmed it will only be producing electric vehicles, leaving the internal combustion engined performance models to fall by the wayside.

Alpine has wasted no time in providing teasers for its new models, releasing a silhouette of three new vehicles set to be rolled out from 2024.

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According to UK publication Autocar, the current A110 sportscar, Alpine's only vehicle on sale, will have a direct replacement to be powered by electric motors, currently in development with chassis gurus Lotus.

A hot hatch is also in the works, with the boxy Renault 5 of the '80s getting a modern rebirth, the base model acting as a replacement for the Zoe while the performance-oriented Alpine R5 will utilise the motor from the new Mégane E-Tech Electric, featuring a 160kW motor and 60kWh lithium-ion battery pack.

Renault claims the new CMF-BEV architecture which will underpin the R5 variants is 33 per cent cheaper to produce than the current Zoe, thanks in part to utilising a carry-over of parts from the ICE-powered CMF-B platform which underpins the Clio, Captur and Nissan Juke.

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Finally, the third teased vehicle looks to be a grand tourer, likely to be based on the Mégane E-Tech's CMF-EV platform for larger C and D-segment vehicles, though the performance model should feature a more powerful motor than the 160kW unit in the E-Tech.

As a potential rival to German EVs like the Audi E-Tron GT, Renault's head of engineering Gilles Le Borgne told Autocar the grand tourer will have the Mégane's electric front motor and feature something yet-to-be-revealed in the rear.

"In the rear, we will have a big surprise," said Le Borgne.

"We want to do torque-vectoring and really amazing handling performance, as you can imagine for an Alpine."

Despite being lauded as a great driver's car for the 21st century, the current Alpine A110 has struggled in Australia, selling just 43 units since 2019.

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