PRIOR CONVICTION

Matt Prior

I’ve just spent some minutes talking to Autocar’s road testers about the Alpine A290, the quick version of the new Renault 5 EV (review on p24). What’s great is that we weren’t talking about where the charge port was or how far it could go or whether the driver assistance systems were infuriating. Instead it was an old-fashioned chat about lift-off oversteer (not as much as in an old Renaultsport hot hatch but more than most of the competition) and whether it should have had an additional steering knuckle on its MacPherson struts to reduce its torque steer (it just about gets away with it). They were also intrigued that Alpine had left it front-wheel drive, rather than taking any temptation, if it had any, to add rear-wheel drive to…

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Autocar (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 13, 2024

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