- Alpine is restating its commitment to launching the “Berlinette of the 21st century” in 2016.
- Alpine is present on the sports track in 2014 through its participa-tion in ELMS (European Le Mans Series) and the Le Mans 24-hour event.
- The Dieppe plant in Normandy, France, is more than ever at the heart of the ongoing renaissance of Alpine.
Alpine is a sporting and industrial adventure. Founded by Jean Rédélé in 1955, it has always shown an outstanding ability to inspire enthusiasm and passion. Renault was able to gauge the extent of this enthusiasm in 2012, when it announced plans to relaunch the Alpine brand and develop a new sports vehicle – the Berlinette of the 21st century – to be launched in 2016. A number of buyers immediately contacted the firm to reserve a car… with no information other than the planned relaunch!
Since 2013, the Alpine brand has been stepping up its sporting commit-ments, taking part in a number of events. Last year, Alpine turned in a remarkable performance, scooping the title in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS). In 2014, the Signatech-Alpine team is aiming to do even better, defending its title and aiming for a podium in LM P2 in the Le Mans 24-hour event.
For vehicle production, the Dieppe plant, home of the Alpine brand, is making preparations to build and assemble the chassis and bodywork of the future Alpine. Teams are fully committed to developing a true Alpine production vehicle by 2016 under the management of Bernard Ollivier : “With 90% of design specifications complete and an interior design to be finalized before the summer, enthusiasm is growing around the future Al-pine production vehicle, The key words for the vehicle are style, enjoyment and sporting spirit.”
