France's Alpine will launch in the U.S. with a pair of high-performance electric SUVs.
Alpine will enter the U.S. in 2027 with a fully electric lineup, the French performance marque announced on Monday.
Alpine was founded in 1955 by Jean Rédélé as a motorsports company that would later launch its own sports cars using components from Renault. It became a part of Renault in 1973 and would continue to launch its own sports cars with a focus on the European market. Alpine was made a standalone business in 2021, the year in which it replaced Renault in Formula 1. Alpine will lean on its F1 exposure ahead of expanding to the U.S. and possibly China, two markets where F1's popularity is growing strongly. Alpine also competes in the World Endurance Championship, where starting from next year it will field anAlpine said on Monday it is working with investment firm RedBird and dealer group AutoNation on its global expansion.
On the racing side, RedBird, together with Otro Capital and Ryan Reynolds-backed Maximum Effort Investments, will invest 200 million euros to purchase a 24% stake in the Alpine F1 team. The deal will value the team at around $900 million, Alpine said., a mid-engine sports car launched in 2017, and whose sales total just a few thousand units annually. For its entry in the U.S.
as being a natural fit, as the Chinese auto giant is already working with Renault on several joint projects.Alpine is also developing its own platform and other proprietary technologies for its future sports cars. Known as the Alpine Performance Platform , the electric sports car platform will underpin a redesigned A110 that will be available in coupe and convertible body styles. It will also underpin a four-seat coupe to be called the A310.
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