[Auto / Moto] New Renault Kadjar coupé: a 280 hp plug-in hybrid Alpine version?

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Renault promises the introduction of a 280 hp rechargeable hybridization on its future models. The ideal block for the future Alpine badged Kadjar coupé?

New Renault Kadjar coupé - On May 6, the French manufacturer revealed the outlines of its future strategy , through a “Talk” broadcast online. In addition to the evocation of the new Mégane E-Tech Electric , which will be unveiled next fall, Renault has expressed its desire to expand hybrid powertrains , with the result of a rechargeable variant accumulating 280 hp which would fit perfectly. to the future Alpine badged Kadjar coupé.
An offer to develop
If, for more than 10 years, Renault has taken a step ahead of its French competitors, when it comes to 100% electric vehicles , rechargeable hybridization is not yet one of the priorities of the Diamond. For the moment, only having a PHEV unit developing 160 hp to drive its Captur and its Mégane , the former Régie is not yet able to compete with the firepower of the Stellantis catalog declined in 225, 300 and even 360 hp, while waiting for a more modest variant of 180 hp , soon to be released by the new Peugeot 308 . However, Renault has the merit of a more affordable offer, via its unique 160 hp offer.

200 and 280 hp hybrids
For the coming months, Renault is announcing the reinforcement of a classic hybrid E-Tech mechanical, therefore non-rechargeable, 200 hp strong , that the new generation of Kadjar , expected in 2022, will have the honor to inaugurate. Sharper than in the past, this second generation of compact SUV aims for a high level of dynamism to worry the Peugeot 3008 . In the longer term, it will rely in particular on a coupe body with a leaky flag, to establish its new status . The future 280 hp rechargeable hybrid block, based on a 1.2 TCe 3-cylinder engine, will target this variation in particular .

The "Alpine" effect
P revised for 2024 , this engine, which will compete with the 3008 Hybrid4 with 300 hp , will benefit from all - wheel drive, via the addition of a second engine on the rear axle. From there to conclude that this Kadjar coupe will be badged Alpine, there is only one step that Auto-Moto allows itself to take, insofar as Luca de Meo, at the head of the Renault group, is was recently committed to applying this type of finish on the most upscale models in the catalog, in order to increase the profitability of the brand's sales.

A “fullness” of Alpine SUVs to come?
Thus, it is an avalanche of Alpine SUVs that can be expected within the Renault range, in the more or less long term. The first of its kind could be the Arkana, running in 2022 , although the machine is not really decided to strengthen its game, in terms of engines. The offer of the Mégane E-Tech Electric Alpine, hoped for in 2023 , will prove to be more legitimate, through an electric motor unit providing around 400 hp. Without forgetting the introduction of a real Alpine SUV , in the coming years, in order to compete with the electric Porsche Macan , scheduled for the course of the year 2022.