Designed – you guessed it – to celebrate Alpine’s 60th birthday, the Celebration takes the form of a small, lightweight coupe that borrows more than a few styling cues from the iconic A110 that was built in the 1960s and 1970s. The design isn’t full-on retro like the Volkswagen Beetle, but the Celebration features elongated headlights, a creased hood, round fog lights and a wrap-around rear window.
Our pictures from Goodwood reveal the heritage-laced treatment doesn’t extend to the interior. Instead, the Alpine Celebration features a track-ready cockpit with a three-spoke multi-function steering wheel, a bare dashboard and a LCD instrument cluster. The coupe is fitted with bucket seats and a built-in roll cage.
Alpine has not revealed what lies under the concept’s hood. Sources close to the company say the yet-unnamed production version of it will be powered by a mid-mounted turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine tuned to make about 250 horsepower. We suspect buyers will be asked to choose between a six-speed manual transmission and a six-speed dual-clutch unit.
The Alpine Celebration will spawn the first mass-produced Alpine of the 21st century. A few styling cues will be slightly toned down, but the overall design make the jump from concept to production with very few modifications.
Live images by Ben Hsu.
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