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After the announcement of the Alpine brand and the founding of Société des Automobiles Alpine Caterham, an advisory board has been set up by Renault, which will be under the control of COO Carlos Tavares.
The board will monitor the evolution of expected Alpine sportscar and will assist the senior management "regarding the brand’s positioning". They will convene twice a year starting with their first meeting in a few weeks' time.
The Alpine sportscar is expected to arrive in 2015 and will be a rival for the Porsche Boxster. Its French character will be evident. It will reportedly be engaging to drive, though no more so than a Mazda MX-5. Prelimiary information suggests that power will come from a Renault engine that produces 250 horsepower.
The members of the Alpine Advisory Board are:
The board will monitor the evolution of expected Alpine sportscar and will assist the senior management "regarding the brand’s positioning". They will convene twice a year starting with their first meeting in a few weeks' time.
The Alpine sportscar is expected to arrive in 2015 and will be a rival for the Porsche Boxster. Its French character will be evident. It will reportedly be engaging to drive, though no more so than a Mazda MX-5. Prelimiary information suggests that power will come from a Renault engine that produces 250 horsepower.
The members of the Alpine Advisory Board are:
- Jean-Charles Rédelé (Renault dealer and son of the brand’s founder, Jean Rédelé)
- Jacques Cheinisse (former sales manager and sporting director of Alpine)
- Jean-Pierre Limondin (former Alpine engineer with special responsibility for the production of Alpine cars under licence)
- Alain Serpaggi (former rally driver and former Alpine test driver)
- Bernard Darniche (one of the Alpine rally team’s famous ‘musketeers’ who helped Alpine win the inaugural World Rally Championship for Manufacturers in 1973)
- Michèle Mouton (Alpine rally driver from 1974 until 1977)
- Hervé Charbonneaux (collector of Alpines and driver of the brand’s cars in Historic races)
- Olivier Lamirault (Renault dealer in Chartres, France, and heavily involved in the marketing of the Alpine adventure as a former Alpine, and a regular driver of Alpines in Historic races)
- Chris Vissher (Renault dealer and Alpine and Renault Sport specialist in Rotterdam, Netherlands)
- Tom Mautner (former Renault and Alpine dealer and collector, UK)
- From Renault, the following will also sit on the advisory board, in addition to Carlos Tavares:
- Philippe Klein (Executive Vice President, Corporate Planning, Product Planning & Programmes)
- Christian Pouillaude (Brand Director, Renault)
- Bernard Ollivier (CEO, Société des Automobiles Alpine Caterham)
- Jean-Jacques Delaruwière (representing Renault Communications, and responsible for the advisory board’s administration).
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