Alpine turns 70 this 12 months, and to rejoice, it is providing its first electrical race automobile to clients. The model based mostly the automobile on its new A290 scorching hatch. It is referred to as the A290 Rallye and options all of the equipment you’d count on from a correct rally automobile.
The electrical motor sends 220 horsepower and 221 pound-feet of torque by way of a ZF limited-slip differential to the Rallye’s entrance wheels. It has 5 extra hp than the range-topping road-going A290, which may hit 62 miles per hour in 6.4 seconds. Alpine says it up to date the automobile’s gearbox and the digital administration methods to raised deal with the calls for of stage rally driving.
Photograph by: Alpine
Photograph by: Alpine
The Rallye additionally has a modified suspension full with ALP Racing shock absorbers, with 18-inch EVO Corse wheels wrapped in Michelin Pilot Sport A tires. Six-piston entrance brakes and single-piston rears with 13.8- and 11.0-inch discs present the stopping energy, which use a selected ABS tuning from Alpine Racing. And, in fact, it has a hydraulic handbrake.
The automobile makes use of the identical 52.0-kilowatt-hour battery because the common A290, and it will even have a “new modern system” that correlates the sound to the automobile’s velocity and throttle place. Inside, it has a welded roll cage and Sabelt bucket seats, each of which adjust to the FIA’s newest laws.
The automobile prices €59,990, or $70,500 at right now’s change fee. That buys you an entire, absolutely assembled, and painted automobile. This instance with the white wheels and painted tires appears nice. Alpine is organizing a single-rally problem for earlier than the top of the 12 months that’ll carry all of the A290 Rallyes collectively.
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