Alpine A390 GT: electric crossover tested
The Alpine A390 GT arrives as an electric GT crossover with 400 PS, three electric motors and torque vectoring. The test asks how much A110 heritage it carries.
The Alpine A390 GT is the focus of a current test as an attempt to transfer Alpine’s A110 heritage into a significantly larger electric car. The model is designed as a GT crossover and combines 400 PS with three electric motors, torque vectoring and extensive software tuning. Alpine is thus moving the familiar lightweight and sports car approach of the A110 into a heavier, electric format.
Technology with sports car ambitions
The key technical elements are clearly aimed at driving dynamics: three electric motors enable variable power distribution, while torque vectoring is intended to support agility. In the test, the A390 GT is therefore assessed less by range or pure acceleration figures than by the question of whether the driving feel of an A110 can credibly be found in an electric crossover.
The comparison is demanding because the A110 is regarded as a particularly light and agile sports car model. The report highlights its weight of around 1,100 kilograms as the reference point and describes the A390 GT as almost twice as heavy. This is exactly where it is decided whether software, electric drive and variable torque distribution can noticeably mask the added mass.
Specific information on price, market launch, battery, range or charging performance is not mentioned in the test excerpt. What is clear, however, is that the A390 GT is more than just another electric car for Alpine. It is intended to show how much of the brand remains in a new vehicle class when the compact mid-engined sports car becomes an electric GT crossover with 400 PS.
