lovely review as always - bit of a request if I may. Would be cool to edit in shots from the dash when reviewers are talking about graphics and other things that show up on screen.
The accelerator gives full sustainable power. The boost stresses the battery and pulls more amps that it can continuously deliver. I'm not sure most people would like pressing the accelerator not knowing when the performance would drain away.
@@Ianmundo YOU TAKE YOUR LIFE AND THEREFORE YOUR OPINIONS SO SERIOUSLY. WHAT THAT ADDITIONAL IN YOUR VIEW COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY BUTTON IS FOR IS A BIT OF FUN, A NOVELTY IF YOU WANT... YOU CLEARLY DON'T, SO DON'T BUY IT. DOES THAT MEAN THAT EVERYONE WHO SPENDS THEIR MONEY ON THIS MODEL LACKS YOUR WIDER AND DEEP APPRECIATION OF LIFE AND LIVING...?. HA, ONLY KIDDING, FIVE MINUTES WITH YOU WOULD CRUSH THE SPIRIT AND JOIN DE VIVRE OF ANY REASONABLE PERSON.
It’s a Renault/dacia key, I have mine in a leather sleeve which is attached to my house key and my air tag. We discussed in the dealership that Renault should give you the key holder/cover/sleeve as part of the sale of a brand new car. But alas… I bought mine on Amazon.
7:18 The gear selector / cup holder issue. The gear selector could easily be a MUCH smaller, 3-way switch on the dash and not the over-styled three buttons on the mid-console. There's your space for the cup holder.
@@jamespaul2587I disagree. I don’t find the gear selector on my Megane E-Tech very intuitive as I always have to look to see whether the move the stalk up or down for drive or reverse. Also feels a bit cheap. BMW got it right with the toggle switch on the i3 which was copied by VW for the ID.3 but VW penny pinched by making it in plastic.
Agreed but actually very competitively priced versus the Mini SE and the even smaller Abarth. The price of the base Cupra Born may start in the same region but is a C size hatchback and not a thoroughly reworked hot hatch. Really just a VW ID.3 with some added tinsel.
Excellent review ! Thanks ! The Renault 5 had buried the Mini (which by the way does not look like a Mini any longer...). The Alpine A290 will simply crush the mini 👍
IMHO the Mini looks very overpriced. To get a reasonable spec you have to specify option packs, then extra for wheels. Good, but not unexceptionally equipped Mini SE Level 2 with metallic paint is a whisker under £40k. Quality compared with the previous generation does not justify such personalisation pricing. Hardly distinguishable from base E.
Let me begin by saying that I love the new Renault 5. Best looking and most interesting small EV on the European market. I am seriously considering buying one next year. Of course the ordinary non-Alpine Renault 5 already has quite a sporty design. It's retro design is in many ways less reminiscent of the civilian versions of the original 5 and the Supercinq, and more reminiscent of those car's hot versions like the 5 Turbo / Turbo 2. And that's one of the reasons why I love it. But herein also lies the problem for the Alpine, I believe. If you take a design that is already very sporty and quotes a car as aggressive as the 5 Turbo 2... and then you make it more sporty... then you somehow end up in caricature territory. And that is where the new A290 is for me. Its design, in my eyes, is just comic, it's a caricature. The extra-thick sill panels, the fake naca ducts in the rear doors... And then the entire lower front facia with the modern diagonal lines conflicting with the retro design of the base car. As much as I love the design of the 5 EV, the design of the A290 doesn't work for me at all. Let alone the stupid choice prefering 3 oversized gear selector buttons instead of cup holders. Really? Maybe at some time there will be an option to get at least the GT's 180hp motor and suspension/steering setup in the civil design of the 5. Some special model. That would be right up my alley.
Love it. So glad there's no fake noises and other gimmicks to try and appease luddites. It's like manufacturers feel they need to apologise for something that needs no apology. Great stuff. We are getting the great electric cars now that we always knew would come once manufacturers started filling all the niches.
If your saying it was either this or cup holders you have simply messed up your design. Really three buttons you could have as one anywhere and have a drinks holder. Just lazy as from the design team and it does look fantastic but that’s a bit thick if you as me on the drinks holders a lot of people use. We have had five MINI’s - two currently on the drive that we’re both ordered split new. The Clubman is getting replaced by a split new Range Rover early next year and My Hatch i’m waiting for something like this. The Cooper SE with sports pack is £43k and that’s just too much for a small car to make sense. Yes a nearly new SE can be had for £36k with the sports pack. I’d take this Alpine six months to a year old and taken its depreciation hit and under £30k 👍 Brilliant by Renault and I never thought Id want a Renault that’s for sure, nothing wrong with the brand just found the Cars a bit bland. But full marks for this pity it’s a limited run.
I just wonder does that OV button turn off speed limiter? I mean at least MX-5 drops off speed limiter if you quickly press accelerator (unlike VW). It's for security reasons in case the driver has forgotten to turn off the limiter when trying a quick overtake.
It's so much fun compared to just about everything else in the electric market, except the mini. Styling wise, Renault are smashing it out of the park, with the usual French quirks like "we will sacrifice the cup holders, who needs to drink anyway" you have to love that logic, it's certainly endearing and was never discussed In a board room...with focus groups 😂
I can see this happening on the public roads (noone is going to a track) Drivers trying to pull >1G around roundabouts and sharp corners = accident waiting to happen.
“When you’re driving at pace you want the gear selector down here”. Why? Your options are D, N, and R. None of those sounds like a good idea while I am driving at pace.
'Reviews' of this ilk can be entertaining but are two a penny, with their appreciation of car dynamics being pretty amateur. We all know that in the main, for a proper insightful review you have to go to EVO, AutoCar etc and their contributors
Nice review and nice car. 😊 I tried 15 different electric cars of all brands and there a none that are jerky or too sudden in acceleration. However most are jerky on coming to a full stop which is annoying, except for the Ioniq 5 and all Tesla cars which a perfectly smooth and refined. The Tesla one pedal system is the best in the industry and a joy to drive.
$38k is $49,350 USD, which is crazy for such a small, gimmicky vehicle. Also, the DNA separate gear selector buttons is a bad idea. It takes up a lot of space and isn't as intuitive as the traditional PRNDL layout most people would expect instinctively during an emergency.
I actually disagree. You only use the drive buttons when stationary and I find the lever on my Megane E-Tech confusing and one too many on the right side of the steering column.
Is this "Audio channel" feature new for youtube? Have encountered this for the first time on this particular video and it is really annoying as it selects a random language each time I try to watch the video and the voice over sounds horrible and is not helpful at all (computer voice, wrong translations etc. etc.). So if you have an option to disable it when uploading the video, please use it. Thank you!
I have the same issue, it is really annoying and it seems to be unique to this video. I can force audio and title to be original only in Desktop view and it is forgotton each reload.. It gappens regardless to whatever I set my language settings. It is also the most stupid "translation" of words I ever noticed. If you should read this, please stop that "feature". Thank you, I really your channel and content, but, this does not help.
Oh no! Are you hearing a weird AI voice? (Maybe it’s an improvement 😅). It’s a new feature on TH-cam. Hopefully you can switch it off and find my voice!
@NickiShields it's surely not an improvement 😜 Yes, hopefully I can find that option switch to get your lovely original voice back.. once they have implemented it. Hey, pst, YT / Google Devevlopers are you reading this by any chance? You have work to do :)
NO CUPHOLDERS! why? styling over substance & function is annoying! you've ditched a small but crucial day to day use element in the center console ,please find a piece of free real estate somewhere in the cabin and fix it, it shouldn't be that hard
@@DeadlyDizzle-yn1vz And...no ! The problem is that you are supposed to be able to react in case in emergency ; how can you if your hand is not free ? I don't know where you live but due to increase in accidents, regulation have been made and it's become "illegal" to eat or drink while drinving so you can be fined. And that's normal, a car is not a toy. I hate cupholder in a car.
@ you are not always driving when consuming a drink, you may be stopped, may have a passenger, may want to store a drink for consuming later at work/home etc. In the UK, eating and drinking is not illegal and a tea or coffee while driving is common practice so a cup holder is an essential.
Overtake button is devolutionary. Just give me that power with full throttle and if you cannot supply it for longer than 10 seconds, back it off starting at 7 seconds, gradually. The button just reminds you every time you sit in it that it can't sustain max power. Playstation generation designing cars, which isn't a positive.
7:08 The key is a rebranded standard Renault key, the same as for my Megane. There is a silicone cover with a key ring loop or a hard plastic shell cover with a key ring attach,ent if you want them. Otherwise, yes it is annoying that the fob is so large and has no loop/slot/way to attach it to something. My fob ends up living in my laptop bag.
It's a gorgeous car. But very underwhelming for 50k Euros. For cheaper you can get the new JCW Cooper or Aceman. Or for even cheaper you can get the new Kia EV3 GT+ version. And for a bit more you can get the base Model 3 performance with ridiculous horepower that send you in space.
What do you mean with a 'base Model 3 Performance'? I thought there's only one Model 3 Performance. Always the same equipment and performance. No base or other variant.
@thedreamfactory6964 Well the model 3 here I Italy costs 57.450,00 Euro and with base i mean without enhanced Autopilot that costs another additional 7500 bucks. So if I want the Model 3 Performance with the best Autopilot and the gorgeous red color and the wall connector, it will costs me 70.000,00 euro
the key is probs like any other renault key, so you might have to slide it up, so you can put in a little attachment like I've done with mine, so I don't think its a big issue.
Colour choices very limited but I think I read that Alpine will introduce a new distinctive colour every year. The four being offered at launch are probably the continuing base palette colours. I like the grey but the practicality of keeping the matt finish looking good puts me off.
I've got one of those "keys"...It's a shocking piece of cheap rubbish. If you happen to drop it, it'll fly into multiple pieces, and you have a little puzzle then to keep you entertained.
I had a keyring wallet for my fob when I had a Renault Kadjar and the fob was identical to the one fir this car so there are keyring wallets you can put them in.
A small hatch that weighs 1.5 tons? Crazy. Big wheels sap the range yet again. The red ov button looks like a bit of packaging that has been left behind. Lastly those X shaped lights look naff. Why leave the plastic lump on the bonnet when on a cheaper model it has a function?
Seems to be a great little sporty EV but what is the point of the red overtake button? Surely you just press the accelerator with your foot which is the most instinctive thing any driver will do. I can't imagine anyone or at least hardly anyone would use that button.
Why would you put that key in your back pocket? Who even puts keys in their back pocket? If you sit down thats not comfy at all and any key can bend and break. That key fits in your front pocket, jacket or bag like all keys. Weird remark
The comment was the key is slim and without a keyring, maybe designed for a back pocket in mind. I genuinely don't understand why that's an issue for you.
I’m waiting for a chinese company to make their version of this car to show legacy carmakers how possible it is to deliver a quality car with a good price…. then I’m gonna buy it bcs I really love the rally like retro shape of this car
I end up feeling a bit “meh” about this car. It’s an electric car, so what difference does it make where the gear selector is once you’re driving? You don’t touch them while in motion so it has nothing to do with the sportiness. I think I’d prefer to live with either the R5’s lipstick selector or without wireless charging so it could have cup holders. And I’m not bothered about the branding either. Renault would have been better to draw down on the heritage of this car - if Porsche can call an EV “turbo” then this could have been the Renault R5 GT Turbo. That would have been significantly more appealing.
Why do Renault/Alpine have to spoil perfectly good looking cars with bits of child like add-ons? The car would look fine without the X's and the square bits at the front. It surely can't be an aerodynamic benefit and rally additional lights were round, not square. Style over substance. And why not just have a bonnet without a hole, instead of a hole that does nothing? As for the red lever, just why? However I do like the wheels, none of those horrible looking flat bits or gaudiness, like on the R5. I also like the upholstery and would prefer that on an R5 as that horrible grellow finish just isn't to my taste. Cupholders I can live without, I did so in the first dozen cars I ran and I do like the gear buttons. Yes they could've used a round disc like many others, but it's OK. Overall a good car, spoilt by (sorry to say this) 'gob-ons'.
Wonderful, great job by Renault, Renault is at the forefront of French and European automotive industry. I only have one problem with this one. It should be called Renault 5 RS. Or Renault 5 (by) Alaine. It is still a Renault, just properly tuned up by Alpine, unlike Alpine A110, which is not part of Renault line-up. That's all, really.
They will push that button and overtake 101km/h vs 100km/h… So… does not help. Best are those that drive 110km/h… start overtake… reduce speed to 101km/h and increase speed after overtake back to 110km/h… 😂
@@haukikannel I believe that button will make sure they'll "step on in", instead of gently pressing the throttle. Some people don't understand they need to speed up to overtake
@ That button does not push the pedal. t just allows more power… if you push the pedal! Otherwice it would be dangerous! I am in trafic light… ups… i did push that red button! ;) So ofcourse it does not increase speed automatically. You still need to push the pedal to get the speed.
I'd have gone with cup holders myself, maybe stuffed the wireless charging somewhere like the hole under the armrest. [edit: Maybe there'll be an aftermarket doodad that will slot into that space and give you a makeshift cup holder when you want it? I'd rather have somewhere to put my drink if I have to choose.]
Sorry lack of cup holders is so dumb. Do they realise how many people go to Starbucks, fast food or carry a bottle of water. I’ll bet you money more people do that than drive your car at 10/10ths. It still needs to be a car 90% of the time. They could have made it work but couldn’t be arsed. That gear selector looks cheap and overly simple.
@@Juhoo87 I'm French and agree they should have kept the cup holders, I love going on scenic drives with a coffee or drink in my cup holder and this is definitely going to be an issue for a lot of people. Literally every other French manufacturer offers cup holders in their cars nowadays, so I really don't understand Alpine's decision with the A290. I would maybe understand if it was a real dedicated sports car like the A110, but this is clearly not that. It's a daily driver that should have cup holders...
Renault has this thing with 3-D printed accessories. I'm sure it wouldn't take much for someone clever to come up with a 3-D printed cupholder that you can place somewhere.
The Renault 5EV should be available as a 5, 5 Turbo and the full spice 5 Alpine, similar to the Ioniq 5N. This is just a Lukewarm Hatch not a proper Hot Hatch.
Problem is an Alpine as straight line powerful as a ioniq 5N seems like out of character overkill. But these are very disspoingly underpowered and wrong wheel drive. At best they should make the Alpine version 320hp with LSD about the max FWD can handle. These are not like VW ID.3 and Cupra Born which are rear motor RWD. In the electric era Hatches should be RWD as there is no major cost problem.
Awesome "racing" EV, that has the looks. Can i say . . .finally? 1 little thing . . . . when someone parks a bit to close to the drivers door . . . how do you get into your seat, with that blocking middle concole?
Honestly, I love the look, I love the numbers, and love the design. But not having cupholders is just such a bonehead move that makes all the other practicality useless. Choosing to do three large buttons for the gear select at the expense of cupholders is the kind of design decision that you'd expect a 5 year year drawing a space ship to make: might look cool but it's impractical.
The exterior styling is cool but I don’t think the interior looks premium. Perhaps they’re going for minimalism but aside from the wheel looks a bit basic to me. Particularly in front of the passenger, cheap office furniture vibes.
Every manufacturer needs to swallow their pride and copy Hyundais N division and make BEVs FUN in aural and virtual gearboxes! How hard can it be??? It's not ALL about handling! Cheers 😊
I'm in America and expect cupholders in the very back of my CUV regardless whether anyone will ever be back there or need a cupholder. They need to be there. Period.
Absolutely love this little car but genuinely couldn't buy a car without a cup holder. Bizarre decision. Would just get the Renault 5 which looks just as good.
It should be a three door! Back in the days, I had a Renault 5 Alpine turbo coupe! Front wheel drive but only one seat and a roll-over cage! They should have called it: a Renault 5 Alpine! But most certainly made it a three-door! 😊
No English track on my smart TV. It seems to default to dubbed Italian with no option for English. Perhaps you have forgotten to add back English UK after adding automatic dubbing, as on the PC it is showing English US, which obviously doesn't work on my LG Smart TV set to UK English?
lovely review as always - bit of a request if I may. Would be cool to edit in shots from the dash when reviewers are talking about graphics and other things that show up on screen.
In France, we don't use cup holders... We drink expresso shots at the counter
CUP HOLDERS ARE FOR AMERICANS.
Tout a fait exact
Et les bouteilles d'eau sont dans la portière
“Boost” or overtake buttons are redundant junk. Flooring the accelerator pedal is all the input any car should need to give full power
The accelerator gives full sustainable power. The boost stresses the battery and pulls more amps that it can continuously deliver.
I'm not sure most people would like pressing the accelerator not knowing when the performance would drain away.
@@Ianmundo YOU TAKE YOUR LIFE AND THEREFORE YOUR OPINIONS SO SERIOUSLY. WHAT THAT ADDITIONAL IN YOUR VIEW COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY BUTTON IS FOR IS A BIT OF FUN, A NOVELTY IF YOU WANT... YOU CLEARLY DON'T, SO DON'T BUY IT. DOES THAT MEAN THAT EVERYONE WHO SPENDS THEIR MONEY ON THIS MODEL LACKS YOUR WIDER AND DEEP APPRECIATION OF LIFE AND LIVING...?. HA, ONLY KIDDING, FIVE MINUTES WITH YOU WOULD CRUSH THE SPIRIT AND JOIN DE VIVRE OF ANY REASONABLE PERSON.
@@HIOP0 Please STOP SHOUTING !!!!
@@gavjlewis And you gain barely 0.5-0.8 s for your time lap using the overtake button; in a race, the least millisecond is important ! ^^
@@netshaman9918 And this from you... "STOP SHOUTING", could easily be described as...?
It’s a Renault/dacia key, I have mine in a leather sleeve which is attached to my house key and my air tag. We discussed in the dealership that Renault should give you the key holder/cover/sleeve as part of the sale of a brand new car. But alas… I bought mine on Amazon.
7:18 The gear selector / cup holder issue. The gear selector could easily be a MUCH smaller, 3-way switch on the dash and not the over-styled three buttons on the mid-console. There's your space for the cup holder.
Absolutely and they could have still made an impressive button somewhere for the drive modes.
A gear selector near the wheel is a much simpler and more practical design.
Yes, but that gear selector is pure Alpine. The A110 has the same one.
@drfisheye true, but there's no need for a selector to use that space in an EV
@@jamespaul2587I disagree. I don’t find the gear selector on my Megane E-Tech very intuitive as I always have to look to see whether the move the stalk up or down for drive or reverse. Also feels a bit cheap. BMW got it right with the toggle switch on the i3 which was copied by VW for the ID.3 but VW penny pinched by making it in plastic.
Those wheels are sooo nice!
Lovely but £38k is a lot of Kelly. Think the GTS version should be £35k and the normal A290 £32k...
Agreed but actually very competitively priced versus the Mini SE and the even smaller Abarth. The price of the base Cupra Born may start in the same region but is a C size hatchback and not a thoroughly reworked hot hatch. Really just a VW ID.3 with some added tinsel.
A golf gti costs 40k these days.
Excellent review ! Thanks ! The Renault 5 had buried the Mini (which by the way does not look like a Mini any longer...). The Alpine A290 will simply crush the mini 👍
IMHO the Mini looks very overpriced. To get a reasonable spec you have to specify option packs, then extra for wheels. Good, but not unexceptionally equipped Mini SE Level 2 with metallic paint is a whisker under £40k. Quality compared with the previous generation does not justify such personalisation pricing. Hardly distinguishable from base E.
Agreed - it will crush the Mini the way Lizzo would crush Ariana Grande
I like that the "face" is friendly! Love the fender bulges and overall proportions. Cracking!
Let me begin by saying that I love the new Renault 5. Best looking and most interesting small EV on the European market. I am seriously considering buying one next year.
Of course the ordinary non-Alpine Renault 5 already has quite a sporty design. It's retro design is in many ways less reminiscent of the civilian versions of the original 5 and the Supercinq, and more reminiscent of those car's hot versions like the 5 Turbo / Turbo 2. And that's one of the reasons why I love it.
But herein also lies the problem for the Alpine, I believe. If you take a design that is already very sporty and quotes a car as aggressive as the 5 Turbo 2... and then you make it more sporty... then you somehow end up in caricature territory. And that is where the new A290 is for me. Its design, in my eyes, is just comic, it's a caricature. The extra-thick sill panels, the fake naca ducts in the rear doors... And then the entire lower front facia with the modern diagonal lines conflicting with the retro design of the base car. As much as I love the design of the 5 EV, the design of the A290 doesn't work for me at all.
Let alone the stupid choice prefering 3 oversized gear selector buttons instead of cup holders. Really?
Maybe at some time there will be an option to get at least the GT's 180hp motor and suspension/steering setup in the civil design of the 5. Some special model. That would be right up my alley.
Love it. So glad there's no fake noises and other gimmicks to try and appease luddites. It's like manufacturers feel they need to apologise for something that needs no apology. Great stuff. We are getting the great electric cars now that we always knew would come once manufacturers started filling all the niches.
If your saying it was either this or cup holders you have simply messed up your design. Really three buttons you could have as one anywhere and have a drinks holder. Just lazy as from the design team and it does look fantastic but that’s a bit thick if you as me on the drinks holders a lot of people use.
We have had five MINI’s - two currently on the drive that we’re both ordered split new. The Clubman is getting replaced by a split new Range Rover early next year and My Hatch i’m waiting for something like this. The Cooper SE with sports pack is £43k and that’s just too much for a small car to make sense. Yes a nearly new SE can be had for £36k with the sports pack. I’d take this Alpine six months to a year old and taken its depreciation hit and under £30k 👍 Brilliant by Renault and I never thought Id want a Renault that’s for sure, nothing wrong with the brand just found the Cars a bit bland.
But full marks for this pity it’s a limited run.
I have read that the final production version will have cup holders as an option when it goes on sale
I just wonder does that OV button turn off speed limiter? I mean at least MX-5 drops off speed limiter if you quickly press accelerator (unlike VW). It's for security reasons in case the driver has forgotten to turn off the limiter when trying a quick overtake.
It's so much fun compared to just about everything else in the electric market, except the mini. Styling wise, Renault are smashing it out of the park, with the usual French quirks like "we will sacrifice the cup holders, who needs to drink anyway" you have to love that logic, it's certainly endearing and was never discussed In a board room...with focus groups 😂
Thanks for using G measure during your drive ! You 're the one ❤ who did it amoung more than 10 journalists !
I can see this happening on the public roads (noone is going to a track) Drivers trying to pull >1G around roundabouts and sharp corners = accident waiting to happen.
“When you’re driving at pace you want the gear selector down here”. Why? Your options are D, N, and R. None of those sounds like a good idea while I am driving at pace.
'Reviews' of this ilk can be entertaining but are two a penny, with their appreciation of car dynamics being pretty amateur. We all know that in the main, for a proper insightful review you have to go to EVO, AutoCar etc and their contributors
Nice review and nice car. 😊 I tried 15 different electric cars of all brands and there a none that are jerky or too sudden in acceleration. However most are jerky on coming to a full stop which is annoying, except for the Ioniq 5 and all Tesla cars which a perfectly smooth and refined. The Tesla one pedal system is the best in the industry and a joy to drive.
Yes looks nice…but sorry those stupid lights spoil it
The key looks virtually the same as my Zoe. I've got a rubber case for mine. Also, the hand brake switch is from the Zoe.
Yeah, no, that interior is lost on me. R5 is just much cooler while also having cupholders.
The a290 is beautifull i hope it will have a great success
Those wheels are REALLY beautiful, & the car too.
$38k is $49,350 USD, which is crazy for such a small, gimmicky vehicle. Also, the DNA separate gear selector buttons is a bad idea. It takes up a lot of space and isn't as intuitive as the traditional PRNDL layout most people would expect instinctively during an emergency.
I actually disagree. You only use the drive buttons when stationary and I find the lever on my Megane E-Tech confusing and one too many on the right side of the steering column.
Is Nicki's clothing color scheme , matching the car, coincidence or intentional? Just curious..great review, I've long liked and subscribed.
This definitely was not intentional! Although maybe I should start? ;-)
@@NickiShieldsGreat review.
Hey, Alpine, what this needs is the DRL crosses to be that Greeny-yellow colour! A touch more authentic rather than LED cold-white.
Is this "Audio channel" feature new for youtube? Have encountered this for the first time on this particular video and it is really annoying as it selects a random language each time I try to watch the video and the voice over sounds horrible and is not helpful at all (computer voice, wrong translations etc. etc.). So if you have an option to disable it when uploading the video, please use it. Thank you!
I have the same issue, it is really annoying and it seems to be unique to this video. I can force audio and title to be original only in Desktop view and it is forgotton each reload.. It gappens regardless to whatever I set my language settings. It is also the most stupid "translation" of words I ever noticed. If you should read this, please stop that "feature". Thank you, I really your channel and content, but, this does not help.
@@markusnatter6062, I don’t think this is something Electrifying did, but rather a new feature TH-cam is testing.
Oh no! Are you hearing a weird AI voice? (Maybe it’s an improvement 😅). It’s a new feature on TH-cam. Hopefully you can switch it off and find my voice!
@NickiShields it's surely not an improvement 😜 Yes, hopefully I can find that option switch to get your lovely original voice back.. once they have implemented it. Hey, pst, YT / Google Devevlopers are you reading this by any chance? You have work to do :)
NO CUPHOLDERS! why? styling over substance & function is annoying! you've ditched a small but crucial day to day use element in the center console ,please find a piece of free
real estate somewhere in the cabin and fix it, it shouldn't be that hard
you shouldn't be drinking coffee while driving. I daresay there is space for a water bottle in the doors
@@Hali88it’s not just coffee people can drink while driving that is held in cups.
Cupholders so last year!!! 😉. Its a drivers car not a Chelsea tractor.
@@DeadlyDizzle-yn1vz And...no !
The problem is that you are supposed to be able to react in case in emergency ; how can you if your hand is not free ?
I don't know where you live but due to increase in accidents, regulation have been made and it's become "illegal" to eat or drink while drinving so you can be fined.
And that's normal, a car is not a toy.
I hate cupholder in a car.
@ you are not always driving when consuming a drink, you may be stopped, may have a passenger, may want to store a drink for consuming later at work/home etc. In the UK, eating and drinking is not illegal and a tea or coffee while driving is common practice so a cup holder is an essential.
Overtake button is devolutionary. Just give me that power with full throttle and if you cannot supply it for longer than 10 seconds, back it off starting at 7 seconds, gradually. The button just reminds you every time you sit in it that it can't sustain max power. Playstation generation designing cars, which isn't a positive.
I'm pretty sure it only alters the accelerator pedal characteristic and doesn't give extra power.
@Fastvoice Top Gear said it acts as Wide Open Throttle for up to ten seconds and offers no extra power. He said it is useless, but a fun gadget.
@@karlInSanDiego That's what I expected.
But is it worth paying the extra over an R5 which should still be quite fun, and also a bit more practical?
Posers pay extra for something that pretends to be sporty, but there's nothing exceptional about this car's specs
Nice car but really worth the extra over a Five?
7:08 The key is a rebranded standard Renault key, the same as for my Megane. There is a silicone cover with a key ring loop or a hard plastic shell cover with a key ring attach,ent if you want them. Otherwise, yes it is annoying that the fob is so large and has no loop/slot/way to attach it to something. My fob ends up living in my laptop bag.
It's a gorgeous car. But very underwhelming for 50k Euros. For cheaper you can get the new JCW Cooper or Aceman. Or for even cheaper you can get the new Kia EV3 GT+ version.
And for a bit more you can get the base Model 3 performance with ridiculous horepower that send you in space.
What do you mean with a 'base Model 3 Performance'? I thought there's only one Model 3 Performance. Always the same equipment and performance. No base or other variant.
@thedreamfactory6964 Well the model 3 here I Italy costs 57.450,00 Euro and with base i mean without enhanced Autopilot that costs another additional 7500 bucks. So if I want the Model 3 Performance with the best Autopilot and the gorgeous red color and the wall connector, it will costs me 70.000,00 euro
Loving it, especially in white!
I will be looking at the lease prices with interest.
Really nice design, both out- and inside.
(Those lamps should be rounded up to keep the retro feeling)
the key is probs like any other renault key, so you might have to slide it up, so you can put in a little attachment like I've done with mine, so I don't think its a big issue.
a pity it's not offered in that lovely yellow available on the R5
Yes, you can say that again. They're not all That clever at Renault...
Colour choices very limited but I think I read that Alpine will introduce a new distinctive colour every year. The four being offered at launch are probably the continuing base palette colours. I like the grey but the practicality of keeping the matt finish looking good puts me off.
Where was it filmed? Southern France? I want to drive there, beautiful views.
She says Majorca in the video……
7:03 standard Renault remote fob.. you can buy cases/pouches for them that have a key ring attachment… simple! 🤷🏼
I've got one of those "keys"...It's a shocking piece of cheap rubbish. If you happen to drop it, it'll fly into multiple pieces, and you have a little puzzle then to keep you entertained.
I had a keyring wallet for my fob when I had a Renault Kadjar and the fob was identical to the one fir this car so there are keyring wallets you can put them in.
Looks fab in white. Looking forward to the 4wd one, if they do one
Rear passenger situation?
Matching your outfit with the car? Damn the car looks fun and amazing. I want it 🤩
What confuses me is the 170 km/h top speed, when track driving you’ll hit that cap pretty quickly.
A small hatch that weighs 1.5 tons? Crazy.
Big wheels sap the range yet again.
The red ov button looks like a bit of packaging that has been left behind.
Lastly those X shaped lights look naff. Why leave the plastic lump on the bonnet when on a cheaper model it has a function?
Infotainment and dash housing looks really weird to me. Feels out of place. So chunky and bulky.
1.5 tons and well over £30k!
Think I find an old R5 GT Turbo. They used to make great hot hatches
Nope... The Honda e still is the best looking "retro/modern design" car out there. By far 🙂
Ooooh good choice!!
I agree with you. Honda even went the extra mile and came up with a new name and piggyback on an old legendary name they might have rights to.
i like it in that colour combination.
Seems to be a great little sporty EV but what is the point of the red overtake button? Surely you just press the accelerator with your foot which is the most instinctive thing any driver will do. I can't imagine anyone or at least hardly anyone would use that button.
Did I Hear on your podcast you are doing on the NEW HYUNDAI IONIQ 5 REVEIW SOON PLEASE AS im ORDERING ONE THIS MONTH ?
Why would you put that key in your back pocket? Who even puts keys in their back pocket? If you sit down thats not comfy at all and any key can bend and break. That key fits in your front pocket, jacket or bag like all keys. Weird remark
Why do I get the feeling this woman is not really into cars?
@Luke-PlanesTrainsDogsnCars she is into cars and has a CV that matches and backs it up, but her remark about the keys is just weird
@@Luke-PlanesTrainsDogsnCars not into cars, do you even know who Nicki Shields is and what she does for a living... honestly!
@@crjeanes I expect more than a cutesy presentation.
The comment was the key is slim and without a keyring, maybe designed for a back pocket in mind. I genuinely don't understand why that's an issue for you.
Is me or this thing it's not going to be faster around a track than a clio RS 197 or a i20N or a fiesta st ??
Of course it won't. It's much heavier and limited to 170 km/h.
For some reason when I watch this video on my LG TV, I am getting the Audio in every language except the original English.🤔
If I was Renault I’d take note of gear selector complaints and revise the 5 to have the gear selector as the Alpine.
I’m waiting for a chinese company to make their version of this car to show legacy carmakers how possible it is to deliver a quality car with a good price…. then I’m gonna buy it bcs I really love the rally like retro shape of this car
Aha. So a car assembled with cheap labour that destroys the car industry in Europe. Thank you very much!
Looks good....Nice review. Not sure if those low profile tyres are pothole proof? 😉
OV looks fun!!😙
I know theres recycling, but re using the key from a Renault craptur. For nearly £38k I'd expect something a bit more gucci than primarni
The Lotus 211 has ‘NO STEP’ signs on ‘delicate’ sill areas…very rally/racing! 👍
(From aviation really, but still very cool)
cool car. glad to see some small EVs. will look forward to driving one. and possibly buying one
What about the Alfa Junior as competition for the Alpine. Surprised this wasn't mentioned?
that's more of a crossover thing but yeh an interesting comparison given they have 5 doors and similar boot-space
Stellantis ain't competition, for really nothing. They messed up a whole load of historical brands.
I end up feeling a bit “meh” about this car. It’s an electric car, so what difference does it make where the gear selector is once you’re driving? You don’t touch them while in motion so it has nothing to do with the sportiness. I think I’d prefer to live with either the R5’s lipstick selector or without wireless charging so it could have cup holders. And I’m not bothered about the branding either. Renault would have been better to draw down on the heritage of this car - if Porsche can call an EV “turbo” then this could have been the Renault R5 GT Turbo. That would have been significantly more appealing.
Exactly, placing the gear selector near the steering wheel is a much more practical design
Why do Renault/Alpine have to spoil perfectly good looking cars with bits of child like add-ons? The car would look fine without the X's and the square bits at the front. It surely can't be an aerodynamic benefit and rally additional lights were round, not square. Style over substance. And why not just have a bonnet without a hole, instead of a hole that does nothing? As for the red lever, just why? However I do like the wheels, none of those horrible looking flat bits or gaudiness, like on the R5. I also like the upholstery and would prefer that on an R5 as that horrible grellow finish just isn't to my taste. Cupholders I can live without, I did so in the first dozen cars I ran and I do like the gear buttons. Yes they could've used a round disc like many others, but it's OK. Overall a good car, spoilt by (sorry to say this) 'gob-ons'.
Wonderful, great job by Renault, Renault is at the forefront of French and European automotive industry. I only have one problem with this one. It should be called Renault 5 RS. Or Renault 5 (by) Alaine. It is still a Renault, just properly tuned up by Alpine, unlike Alpine A110, which is not part of Renault line-up. That's all, really.
Looks like an absolute party!!!
Even though every other company fits cupholders, we can't do it. - Alpine
No baguette holder either 😂
@@apb3251 Not even a vase on the dash...smh
Car brands put cupholders in a car to be able to sell those cars in the US.
Not quite as good as I hoped. I like any add ons to have a purpose, cross lamps, bonnet panel, cup holders, not enough performance to turn your head.
That glossy black plastic parts need PPF protection from day 1.
Skinners are back! Where’s the tartan strip down the side?
Nice to see that Alpine gave Nicki a car to match her outfit.
Great looking little car - outside! 😍
The overtake button is a "must have" for drivers that overtake at almost the same speed as the other vehicle and block everyone else behind them! 💪
They will push that button and overtake 101km/h vs 100km/h…
So… does not help. Best are those that drive 110km/h… start overtake… reduce speed to 101km/h and increase speed after overtake back to 110km/h…
😂
@@haukikannel I believe that button will make sure they'll "step on in", instead of gently pressing the throttle.
Some people don't understand they need to speed up to overtake
@ That button does not push the pedal. t just allows more power… if you push the pedal! Otherwice it would be dangerous! I am in trafic light… ups… i did push that red button!
;)
So ofcourse it does not increase speed automatically. You still need to push the pedal to get the speed.
@@haukikannel what I've seen on other reviews, it's like pressing the throttle, for a few seconds... Unless they were making fun of it
@ As I said… That would be dangerous and in most countries illegal so… I really doupt! It is just small time increase to awailable top power.
I'd have gone with cup holders myself, maybe stuffed the wireless charging somewhere like the hole under the armrest.
[edit: Maybe there'll be an aftermarket doodad that will slot into that space and give you a makeshift cup holder when you want it? I'd rather have somewhere to put my drink if I have to choose.]
Sorry lack of cup holders is so dumb. Do they realise how many people go to Starbucks, fast food or carry a bottle of water. I’ll bet you money more people do that than drive your car at 10/10ths. It still needs to be a car 90% of the time. They could have made it work but couldn’t be arsed. That gear selector looks cheap and overly simple.
I guess that's a french thing: they chose not to care about those people.
@@Juhoo87 I'm French and agree they should have kept the cup holders, I love going on scenic drives with a coffee or drink in my cup holder and this is definitely going to be an issue for a lot of people. Literally every other French manufacturer offers cup holders in their cars nowadays, so I really don't understand Alpine's decision with the A290. I would maybe understand if it was a real dedicated sports car like the A110, but this is clearly not that. It's a daily driver that should have cup holders...
Renault has this thing with 3-D printed accessories. I'm sure it wouldn't take much for someone clever to come up with a 3-D printed cupholder that you can place somewhere.
Appreciate it's asthetics but the fog lights look stuck on and internally no cup holders is madness. The ordinary R5 is much better
The Renault 5EV should be available as a 5, 5 Turbo and the full spice 5 Alpine, similar to the Ioniq 5N. This is just a Lukewarm Hatch not a proper Hot Hatch.
Problem is an Alpine as straight line powerful as a ioniq 5N seems like out of character overkill. But these are very disspoingly underpowered and wrong wheel drive. At best they should make the Alpine version 320hp with LSD about the max FWD can handle. These are not like VW ID.3 and Cupra Born which are rear motor RWD. In the electric era Hatches should be RWD as there is no major cost problem.
The R5 Turbo version would the 180BHP version of the Alpine A290.
Too sports focused with a lack of practicality. I’d take a Renault 5 (in funkier colours of yellow or green).
Nicki did you know that your outfit would complement the colours of the car?
😂 I didn’t! And I didn’t quite realise how matchy it was until watching this back. Ooops! I like to think the car copied me ;-)
Awesome "racing" EV, that has the looks. Can i say . . .finally?
1 little thing . . . . when someone parks a bit to close to the drivers door . . . how do you get into your seat, with that blocking middle concole?
There is ALWAYS something to nag about... This time, it´s the cup holders... Oh well... What is it going to be next time around I wonder?
It IS a car review, right?
"We`re really not here to talk about the interior or the exterior, are we?" She says while doing it for 10m. :)
Top trim A290 has less hp and slower than a base Volvo EX30. Alpine really stays true to their F1 heritage isn't it: underpowered
Thee Ex30 base model weighs 1830kg, this weighs 1470kg. Their 0-60 is almost identical, but this will handle way better.
Honestly, I love the look, I love the numbers, and love the design. But not having cupholders is just such a bonehead move that makes all the other practicality useless. Choosing to do three large buttons for the gear select at the expense of cupholders is the kind of design decision that you'd expect a 5 year year drawing a space ship to make: might look cool but it's impractical.
Uh, the video got translated by AI from original language to german. How can I see the original? This version is fun-sapping
Nooo! Although also quite funny? I’ve always wanted to speak another language… apparently now I can? Weird!
@ no Nicki, believe me: you don‘t want to speak that kind of german…. Btw: I managed to hear your original pleasant voice 😀
Absolutely love it!
The exterior styling is cool but I don’t think the interior looks premium. Perhaps they’re going for minimalism but aside from the wheel looks a bit basic to me. Particularly in front of the passenger, cheap office furniture vibes.
Every manufacturer needs to swallow their pride and copy Hyundais N division and make BEVs FUN in aural and virtual gearboxes! How hard can it be??? It's not ALL about handling! Cheers 😊
100% they do not need to do this…….
@ world wide praise on the epic ioniq N you’re in the 100% denial 😂😂😂
Damn, now want one, but if comes to Australia it will probably be overpriced. Like Cupra Born 😢
It won't come to Australia. Renault is represented in Oz by a inept importer.
No thanks. Fugly af X-shaped headlights utterly ruins the car.
You don't like impractical poser design features? 😊
The wheels look great and dare I say so do Nickie's nails.
No cup holders! They will never sell any in the US!
I'm in America and expect cupholders in the very back of my CUV regardless whether anyone will ever be back there or need a cupholder. They need to be there. Period.
The steering wheel looks huge- is it too big?
It’s as gorgeous as you Nicki
1:08 „I haven’t even driven it… I found it like that in a hedge.” 😅
the link coordination is not really shield s thing is it
Absolutely love this little car but genuinely couldn't buy a car without a cup holder. Bizarre decision. Would just get the Renault 5 which looks just as good.
But the 5 won't have the chassis set-up of the A290
It should be a three door!
Back in the days, I had a Renault 5 Alpine turbo coupe! Front wheel drive but only one seat and a roll-over cage! They should have called it: a Renault 5 Alpine! But most certainly made it a three-door! 😊
No English track on my smart TV. It seems to default to dubbed Italian with no option for English. Perhaps you have forgotten to add back English UK after adding automatic dubbing, as on the PC it is showing English US, which obviously doesn't work on my LG Smart TV set to UK English?
on automatic translation in French the AI has a man's voice. it's disgusting.
No cup holders. No deal.
Finally the Alpine A290, is it worthy replacement for Hyundai i20N my pocket rocket 😍😍
Love it! Don’t understand the hate…