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Alpine powers up its A290 electric hot hatch

Jordan_Katsianis@autovia.co.uk

Up to 217bhp from e-motor

Significant chassis upgrades

THE next step in Alpine’s modern era has been revealed in the form of an all-electric hot hatchback with concept-car looks and a feisty front-wheel-drive chassis. Called the A290, the new MINI JCW rival shares much of its technical underpinnings with the Renault 5, but Alpine has swapped that car’s electric motor for

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