Alpine Electrifies Goodwood With A290 Rallye World Debut
Alpine electrified the opening day of the Goodwood Festival of Speed by unleashing the Alpine A290 Rallye in its world dynamic debut. At the same time, the hydrogen-powered Alpenglow HY6 concept, the exhilarating A110 R Ultime and the soon-to-launch A390 fastback all conquered a British track for the first time.
Marking the French sports-car maker’s 70th-anniversary celebrations, the BWT Alpine Formula One team delivered extra high-octane theatre, and the all-electric A290—fresh from claiming the 2025 European Car of the Year crown—roared up the famous hill to underline Alpine’s commitment to zero-emission performance.
Engineers transformed the Alpine A290 Rallye into a competition-ready machine, featuring a full safety cage, a ZF limited-slip differential, and uprated suspension, brakes, and running gear. This transformation proved how closely Alpine links its road cars to its motorsport programmes.
The hydrogen-fuelled Alpenglow HY6 concept followed, signalling Alpine’s bold future in sustainable racing. It's a 3.5-litre twin-turbo V6 that generates 740 bhp, demonstrating that reducing carbon emissions need not dull excitement, and its striking styling previews cues destined for forthcoming Alpine models.
The A110 R Ultime then set an early benchmark with its 345 bhp and 420 N•m, propelling it from 0–100 km/h in 3.8 seconds, ensuring spectators watched every split second as drivers chased record times.
Completing the lineup, the forthcoming A390 fastback—Alpine’s first five-seat electric sports car, due on UK roads in 2026—shared the stage with production versions of the A290 and the much-loved A110, each demonstrating the agile handling and motorsport DNA that define the Alpine brand.
