Automobiles Alpine

Société des Automobiles Alpine SAS, commonly known as Alpine (, French: [alpin]), is a French manufacturer of sports cars and racing cars established in 1955. The Alpine car marque was created in 1954. Jean Rédélé, the founder of Alpine, was originally a Dieppe garage proprietor who began to achieve success in motorsport with the Renault 4CV, one of the few French cars produced after the Second World War. The company has been closely associated with Renault throughout its history, and was bought by it in 1973. The Alpine competition department merged into Renault Sport in 1976. Renault phased out the Alpine brand in 1995, but relaunched it with the 2017 introduction of the new Alpine A110. Renault later merged Renault Sport again into Alpine in January 2021, forming an Alpine business unit. Alpine became an electric vehicle brand with the 2024 introduction of the new Alpine A290. As part of its global expansion, Alpine in 2023 announced plans to enter the North American market in 2027 with a mid-size electric crossover and a large electric SUV.