Alpine A390 Unveiled as a Sleek Triple-Motor Electric Fastback

The all-new Alpine A390 breaks cover as the marque’s first electric crossover, featuring a 463 HP-rated triple motor setup.

French sportscar marque Alpine has unveiled its first all-electric crossover, the Alpine A390. Unveiled in its concept form last year, this sleek EV fastback crossover gains several sharp design cues from the A110 coupe while featuring a triple-motor setup rated at up to 436 HP.

From the visuals, we can see that the production A390 stays largely true to the A390_β concept, featuring a mixture of crossover and low-slung fastback coupe bodystyles. Naturally, some of the extreme design elements have been toned down for production, but the A390 still looks pretty radical, even for an EV’s standard.

Some key exterior highlights include full-width LED light bars on both ends, fragmented triangle accents on the front bumper, a fastback-style roofline, A110-inspired character lines along the side, a vented front hood, and a small ducktail rear spoiler.

Opting for the top-spec A390 GTS will get you larger 21-inch wheels over the standard 20-inch units with red-hued Alpine-branded callipers, unique GTS badging, and many more.

Dimension-wise, the new A390 is on par with other compact SUV crossovers out there. Spanning 4,615 mm long, 1,885 mm wide, 1,532 mm tall, and with a 2,708 mm wheelbase, the closest rival to the A390 we can think of is the new Porsche Macan Electric, which also comes in the high-performance Turbo variant.

Dubbed the most practical Alpine to date, the new A390’s futuristic cabin aims to combine practicality and sportiness, with tons of technological bits scattered around. Up front, the A390 adopts the same front dash setup as the Renault Megane E-Tech, featuring a 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster and a 12-inch central touchscreen.

Despite its Renault-origin layout, the A390 does get some Alpine-specific touches, including the Alpine-badged steering wheel with F1-inspired dials for the regenerative braking control and drive mode selector, premium trim materials, and Nappa leather-wrapped front bucket seats special for the GTS trim. Completing the list of creature comforts inside here are the 13-speaker Devialet audio system, a sizable 532-litre boot space, and many more.

Besides the front dash setup, the new A390 also borrows the same AmpR Medium platform from the Megane E-Tech, albeit featuring some extensive upgrades befitting its sportier nature.

Perhaps the biggest headline for the A390 is its ingenious tri-motor all-wheel drive (AWD) powertrain setup that features two electric motors at the rear and one at the front, where it works alongside Alpine’s proprietary Active Torque Vectoring system. Said motor outputs 396 HP in the baseline GT trim, while the GTS bumps it up to 463 HP and a whopping 808 Nm of torque, making it one of the most powerful Alpine models ever made.

As a result, the A390 GTS does 0-100 km/h sprints in just 3.9 seconds before hitting the limiter at 220 km/h. Another party trick is the overtake function that temporarily boosts power for 10 seconds, but there’s a 30-second cooldown between uses, so think of it like a NOS button.

Regardless of trim levels, the A390 strictly gets its power from an 89-kWh lithium-ion battery pack that Alpine claims is good enough for up to 555 km of WLTP range. Charging performance is also quite good, with its DC figure capped at 190 kW, while there’s also an optional 22 kW AC charger on top of the standard 11 kW unit.

Other mechanical bits primed here include the dedicated suspension setup with hydraulic stops similar to the ones used on the Renault Megane RS, a bespoke steering system with a shorter ratio for a more engaging drive, and customised Michelin tyres for better grip and handling.

The all-new Alpine A390 is set to hit the European markets sometime later in Q4 this year, before making its way to other overseas markets, including the US, later from 2026 onwards. Final pricing hasn’t been announced yet, but it is estimated that it will be priced somewhere around £60,000 (RM344,090) for the GT and roughly £70,000 (RM401,438) for the GTS, thus making it on par with the Porsche Macan Electric.