To nobody’s great surprise, the other day the Renault 5 and Alpine A290 jointly won the 2025 Car of the Year award (the original and still the best of the big international car awards thingies).

European Car of the Year Award goes to… Yes, it’s the Renault 5! A title held by the French brand for two years running now ...

The Renault 5 E-Tech shows mainstream EVs can be affordable and desirable cars that can also be fun to look at and drive.

Renault 5 E-Tech electric and Alpine A290 have been awarded ‘Car of the Year 2025’ by the European Car of the Year jury. The ...

I wrote that the Renault 5 had been awarded the prestigious European Car of the Year award and today I’m saying the Alpine ...

They both have retro charm, a range of almost 200 miles, and are filled with the latest tech. But which hatchback EV is best ...

You might think the Renault 4 (R4) is simply another new car that’s borrowing ... particularly with the new R5 and the Alpine A290. I used to own a Renault 5 GT Turbo, and I’m generally ...

A sportier version of the Renault 5 is also available, in the form of the Alpine A290 ... as the French car instead values ride comfort over sharp handling. open image in gallery The Renault ...

Alpine has long been a niche brand. Most recently, it had just one model on offer, the A110. That will change in the age of ...

But wait. It turns out the Renault 5 and therefore this Alpine A290 went and won the Car of the Year award, with 25 of the 60 ...

Based on the time gap between Alpine revealing the A290_β concept and the real A290 hot hatch, we’re expecting the A390 to ...