Alpine-Caterham sports cars at 'advanced design stage'

 

The jointly developed Alpine and Caterham sports cars will look completely different when they‘re launched in 2015, consistent with Laurens van den Acker, head of design for Renault. Design work with both projects is said to become at an advanced stage, with Alpine boss Carlos Tavares and Caterham owner Tony Fernandes said to possess approved designs that could push the £50, 000 Porsche Boxster rivals in several directions. This really is not really a project that could create two cars that look a similar, such as the Toyota GT86 and Subaru BRZ, said van den Acker.

What it is that we intend to create is two cars that could look completely different. People won‘t recognise them when they‘re parked together. Renault marketing boss Steve Norman has previously told Autocar the Alpine may have DNA that‘s French and never German Alpine and Caterham.

 “It should be light trying to find different, and maybe have a touch of French dash, ” said Norman. “It’s not really a car for dandies, though. We all know who the buyer is : he’s either French or perhaps a Francophile. And also the car has technical innovation included in its DNA. ”The Alpine A110 also will play a key role in shaping the reborn brand's new car consistent with van den Acker. It‘s the car that sparked the imagine rebuilding the brand, he said. Not to acknowledge that inside my design is always to disappoint the hopes for these enthusiasts.