The question of what tomorrow's car models will be based on has not yet been decided. Alpine proposes hydrogen for a new V6 engine.
Toyota is already working on it. And in fact, we know that Ferrari is thinking of building a hydrogen-burning V6 engine with the cylinder head facing the asphalt.
Now something suggests that Renault's performance brand Alpine is thinking the same way. However, in a somewhat more conventional way when it comes to the location of the engine.
The French will build a new street car with a V6 engine that burns hydrogen under extremely high pressure instead of gasoline.
That is why the Alpenglow concept car exists. And it is actually more than just a concept car. Because it can sing under its own power.
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Therefore, it has also already been unleashed on a race track. Or it should have been before the 6-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.
But a fault in the electronics – not the internal combustion engine – put an effective end to that display. Today, Alpine will not rule out the car being put into production. And that it is even homologated as a street car.
– Why not?, replied Alpine's head of design Antony Villain, when Autocar asked if there is any chance of seeing the Alpenglow on an assembly line.
– We will keep all roads (hydrogen, petrol/diesel and the electric car, ed.) open. Maybe we will put a small series of cars into production. It will be the right thing to do, Villain adds to himself.
The chassis for an Alpenglow is built by French Ligier, who already build prototypes for e.g. Le Mans. Specifically, the Alpine model is built according to the LMP3 rules in international motorsport. But that does not prevent a set of number plates. On the contrary.
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