The new Alpine topic

On a French forum, I read it was 200 for France all sold after 36 hours.
I'll try to find out how many units allocated by country.

Lots o discussions to compare it with the Cayman from cost pov.
But this batch Alpine will be fully equiped with all options.

Theres talk about entry level might be 45K€, but nothing offical of course.

Below is base Cayman price with the long option list (sorry by french).

Prix
Prix de base
982120
53.960,00 €
Prix des équipements
18.468,00 €
Prix client conseillé total (Recommended options)
72.428,00 €
Couleurs extérieures
Bleu Saphir métallisé
N1
828,00 €
Couleurs intérieures
Intérieur de série, sièges sport plus ou baquet en cuir Noir
AJ
0,00 €
Extérieur
Phares à LED incluant le Porsche Dynamic Light System Plus (PDLS+)
602
1.992,00 €
Assistance parking arrière
635
516,00 €
Pare-brise teinté dégradé
567
114,00 €
Rétroviseurs extérieurs rabattables éléctriquement
748
300,00 €
Transmission et châssis
Boîte de vitesse Porsche Dopplekupplung
250
2.850,00 €
Pack Sport Chrono
QR5
2.244,00 €
Jantes
Jantes "Boxster S" 19 pouces
397
1.800,00 €
Intérieur
Régulateur de vitesse (Tempostat)
454
324,00 €
Affichage des limitations de vitesse
631
336,00 €
Sièges sport adaptatif Plus avec Pack Mémoire Conducteur
P07
3.648,00 €
Climatisation automatique bi-zone
573
768,00 €
Audio / Comm
Module de navigation pour Porsche Communication Management
7UG
1.560,00 €
BOSE® Surround Sound System
9VL
1.188,00 €
Prix total :*
72.428,00 €
* incluant TVA

I was offered one here in New Zealand (RHD market), so I presume that means RHD production is figured in. Delivery later 2017.
Love one, but two Alpines already means I'm not up for it as this stage.
Re Japan, they really like LHD cars even although it is a RHD market, because of their novelty value. The majority of Citrtoen 2CVs sold there were LHD, some ending up here in NZ as second hand imports.
Cheers
Graeme

[stephendell]

Looks like demand was greater than anticipated and all the limited edition LHD cars are now reserved so they are now taking pre-orders on the regular series cars:

https://alpineplanet.com/pre-commandes- ... -de-serie/

We don't know how many allocated for each country.
France : sold out after 1 day.
Italy & Netherlands : Sold out after 48H.
Other countries : 2 days later.
I think they sold around 2500 Renault Spider within 4 years, something like that...
Looks like they still face engine reliability issues; that's why there is so much delay.

[johnb]

Looks like they still face engine reliability issues; that's why there is so much delay.

Thanks for the information updates.
What have you heard or read about engine reliability issues and was it from a reputable source?

Looks like they still face engine reliability issues; that's why there is so much delay.

Thanks for the information updates.
What have you heard or read about engine reliability issues and was it from a reputable source?

I'm quite sure the source is reliable, but he didn't tell/know what kind of issues (just reliability), because he's not working for Alpine, but probably for Renault (I didn't ask).
He just said he had internal echos about that.
Another info I had; they're already finalising the convertible version and their ambitions are worldwide including the US market.

Regarding the convertible version "finalisation", I'm not sure that source is reliable, but I know Alpine is thinking about it. I can't tell how much they are advanced in the project.

First showroom under preparation at Boulogne-Billancourt in France.
The funny thing about it, previously it was a Porsche Center...
There will be 20 showrooms in France from a total of 60 across Europe.
I'm really glad to see "Alpine is back".

First showroom under preparation at Boulogne-Billancourt in France.
The funny thing about it, previously it was a Porsche Center...
There will be 20 showrooms in France from a total of 60 across Europe.
I'm really glad to see "Alpine is back".

cough: viewtopic.php?p=86810#p86810

It would be interesting to know the UK dealerships because are, as working in one of the RS centres I haven't heard "head or tails" who has the privilege of being appointed.

Independent??

[BIG_MVS]

At a guess, Renault Manchester, Renault Birmingham and Old Oak?

Or ....Alpine Rotherhithe ? Langley Mill ?

You laugh but they were interested in having a dealership in some premises Steve was trying to purchase so I think at least some of the new dealerships will be standalone.