The Renault 5 and its Alpine A290 hot-hatch sibling have won the coveted Car of the Year (COTY) award for 2025 – giving Renault its second consecutive victory in the annual contest. The 5 and ...

Renault 5 wins 2025’s ECotY award Voting from 60 jurors and 23 countries Second win in a row for Renault 2025’s European Car of the Year has been announced: the Renault 5 and Alpine ...

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).

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 result was announced at a ceremony organised by the European COTY jury at ...

Alpine is pushing the lightweight ethos first seen on the A110, and whether you think the A290 is light or not depends on ...

Alpine has entered its electric era with the introduction of the A290 hatchback. Based on the new Renault 5, the A290 is sportier ... rest in 6.4 seconds. The car comes with an 11kW AC charger ...

Having won the 2025 European Car of the Year title, alongside its sibling from Renault, the new 5, the Alpine A290 has touched down in the United Kingdom, where the company just opened the order ...

The show car previewed what it is calling ... s modifications and upgrades versus a standard Renault 5’s Ampr Small platform, expect some Alpine-spec engineering to be applied to the new A390.

The Renault 5 finally went on sale in the UK last week, and now it’s the turn of its sportier but no less stylish sister car: the Alpine A290 hot hatch. Prices start from £33,500, or £345 per ...