Economic, light and with rear wheel drive, but we’ll have to wait until 2011 to evaluate the potential effect. Patrick Pelata, head of new projects for Renault, is calming fans about the re-designing of the Alpine brand: saying the intention is to dust off the brand, with cars that will take on the same virtues as the pro-genitors. “We won’t go far from its history.”

And so the rumours have started: the debut model should be a rival to the Mazda MX-5, a roadster with turbo-compressed engine at about 220 hp. The 25,000 euro price tag won’t be the only reason for Miata’s concern.

Pelata has admitted that the simple “adapting” the 350Z with a Renault badge won’t have the right success: too heavy, too costly and inopportune for anti-CO2 norms. And, we shouldn’t forget that Nissan owes its success to the American market.

Via | Autocar (Thanks to Bugatti&91)

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