The new Alpine model will be a crossover.
The second model of the company after the new Alpine sports car will be a crossover that will able to compete with the Jaguar F-Pace and the Porsche Macan. All the automaker is exploring the possibility of producing six or seven new products. This is with reference to the head of the French brand Michael van der Sande said the publication Autocar.
Jaguar F-Pace is offered with the 180 and 340-horsepower motors, and the Porsche Macan — c 252-, 340-, 360 – and 400-horsepower gasoline engine and a 245-horsepower diesel engine.
“To build the brand needed a product line that is able to support the demand,” said van der Sande. — Sports car is the core of our company and when he appears, we will be able to do anything. But everything we start must be fast and be fun to drive. If we can achieve this, then the model Alpine can appear in any segment.”
The head of the Alta also noted that considers the emergence of crossover “inevitable.” It is expected that the SUV of the Japanese brand could share the platform and the hybrid powertrain combined with a new crossover, Nissan, which will be part of the Z-line.
For the first time that in the line of Alpine, you may receive the crossover began in September 2015. Then it was noted that the debut of the SUV will take place in 2018, but his rival will be a similar model from the company Lotus.
