Video: Alpine A390 makes UK dynamic debut at Festival of Speed

Just as Porsche expanded its product line-up beyond the 911 and Boxster with the Cayenne, so too Alpine is growing beyond the relatively niche two-seat sportscar market the A110 occupies. First came the all-electric A290 hatchback, and now it’s this, the all-electric A390 SUV. Or ‘sport fastback’, as Alpine calls it.

“Engineered to deliver the agility and driving pleasure of Alpine's legendary A110,” it says, the A390 will be sold in GT and GT S forms. It’s the former we got to see on the Hill, with one motor at the front, two at the rear, an 89kWh lithium-ion battery in the middle and a total of 401PS (295kW) and 650Nm (479lb ft) of torque.

Despite its heft, weighing 2,121kg, it accelerates to 62mph in 4.8 seconds and has a top speed of 124mph, and will do around 323 miles on a single charge — meaning it’s only 0.3 seconds slower to 62mph than the A110. Perhaps in more relevant terms, it’s slightly quicker and more powerful than the Ford Capri (5.3 seconds, 340PS), Hyundai Ioniq 5 AWD (5.3 seconds, 325PS) and the Skoda Elroq vRS (5.4 seconds, 340PS)

The speed of it is impressive, as we’ve seen on the Hill, but also impressive is that the A390’s 11kW onboard charger includes V2L-compatible (‘vehicle-to-load’) bi-directional charging, with an adapter for charging something like an e-bike, plus V2G (‘vehicle-to-grid’) to send power from the car’s battery back to the grid.

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Photography by Jordan Butters.