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New pics of Alpine"s sportscar have been revealed, showing off the mid-engined car"s naked aluminium body.These pics were taken inside the Alpine department at the Dieppe factory, and shows off the fact that the new Porsche Cayman rival - which is nearly, nearly here - will use an aluminium chassis to house the engine, gearbox and suspension. Why aluminium? Well, why not? We"re told the Alpine"s base has been engineered for "flawless agility", and certainly aluminium is lighter and should hopefully correspond to something rather fast, and rather pointy. Excite.There"s not much else to go on, but we already know that the new Alpine sportscar will feature a turbocharged four-cylinder engine with around 250bhp (more for any hardcore versions, we hope), a 0-62mph time of less than 4.5 seconds and a low kerb weight of around 1,100kg. That"ll be thanks all the aluminium, no doubt.
Date written: 17 Jan 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 6434
New pics of Alpine"s sportscar have been revealed, showing off the mid-engined car"s naked aluminium body.These pics were taken inside the Alpine department at the Dieppe factory, and shows off the fact that the new Porsche Cayman rival - which is nearly, nearly here - will use an aluminium chassis to house the engine, gearbox and suspension. Why aluminium? Well, why not? We"re told the Alpine"s base has been engineered for "flawless agility", and certainly aluminium is lighter and should hopefully correspond to something rather fast, and rather pointy. Excite.There"s not much else to go on, but we already know that the new Alpine sportscar will feature a turbocharged four-cylinder engine with around 250bhp (more for any hardcore versions, we hope), a 0-62mph time of less than 4.5 seconds and a low kerb weight of around 1,100kg. That"ll be thanks all the aluminium, no doubt.
Date written: 17 Jan 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 6434
