reasons to believe in the project

Alpine "Panamera": the reasons to believe in the project – Many fantasies fuel the expansion of the range of the Dieppe manufacturer. If the next step will be the introduction of a motorization of 300 hp in the Berlin A110 – that of the Renault Mégane RS Trophy – the arrival of multiple silhouettes seems inevitable, for perpetuate the future of the brand.

To the despair of the purists, it is probably an SUV which should make its arrival in the next years within the range Alpine, to support the coupe A110, released in the spring of 2018 . More no manufacturer seems to forbid and Alpine would be wrong to deprive himself of such a financial windfall. Like the deployment operated by Porsche, since the late 90s, the French craftsman will have no qualms about going out a crossover, or even a sedan, without denying his sporting origins.

Enjoy Synergies with Mercedes

For now, these are only hypotheses, but the development of a low sedan, modeled on the Porsche Panamera does not seem so absurd , medium term. It is already rumored that the future Alpine SUV could resort to the technical base of the next generation of Mercedes GLA . For several years, the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance has multiplied intense technological synergies with the Daimler-Benz group . The new Mercedes Clbad A embarks, for example, a diesel block from the Megane. And Infiniti makes several of its models rest on Mercedes platforms.

A base of CLS AMG?

Renault's appetite for sports models could prompt the latter to afford the services of 'AMG to collaborate in the genesis of an Alpine sedan, Panamera type. Mercedes, himself, will soon oppose a certain AMG-GT 4-door against the supermodel Porsche . But without resorting to this bedrock, Alpine would largely be satisfied with the bowels of the recent CLS 53 AMG. This would allow the tricolor manufacturer to have a micro-hybridized, 450-hp 6-cylinder . Not bad for a French!

A 100% electric motor to counter Tesla?

The other option for the Alpine "Panamera" would be to use the Nissan Organ Bank via the Replacing the legendary GT-R hoped for at the turn of the next decade. For now, "Godzilla" still relies on a 3.8 l V6 engine, pushed to 600 hp in its Nismo configuration. But to renew its coupe, the Japanese firm could only resort to an electric block, in the logic initiated by the Nissan Leaf . So, why not this mode of virtuous propulsion aboard the future Alpine "Panamera"? The Tesla Model S would thus be in the viewfinder, just like the f uture Porsche Taycan.

However, it will be necessary to wait for many years before seeing this kind of sedan rolled into the Alpine range: 2022 in the best case . But before that, priority will have been given to the commercialization of one or more SUVs.

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