Alpine presents Alpenglow Hy6 with the brand's first 6-cylinder hydrogen engine

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2024-10-17 15:00:09

Revealed in 2022 as a concept car designed as a blueprint for the brand's future direction in design and sustainable innovation, Alpenglow already showcased the high-performance potential of the hydrogen combustion engine, a realistic solution for offering sports models with high carbon reduction targets. In this way, Alpine is ready for possible changes in future regulations. It is also a symbolic application of the name Alpenglow, which takes on its whole meaning: an optical phenomenon that lets a glowing light shine on the mountains before sunrise, in other words, an evocation of the dawn of a new world.

Following on from the first road-going prototype powered by a 340 bhp, turbocharged 2.0-litre 4-cylinder engine, this is the Alpenglow Hy6 equipped with an all-new engine that offers more than double the power. It is a ground-breaking 3.5-litre V6, developed entirely by Alpine for optimum hydrogen combustion. It produces 544 kW (740 bhp), or more than 150 kW/l (210 bhp/l), giving Alpenglow first-rate performance, ideally in line with the spectacular design of this rolling laboratory, which is evolving with the arrival of this new motorisation.

"With the development of this brand new Hy6 V6 engine, we are demonstrating our commitment to hydrogen research, which could herald motorsport applications with high-performance levels. A solution for continuing to cultivate the passion for motor racing using a very noble V6 with remarkable specific power and a sound to thrill drivers and spectators with its maximum revs at 9,000 rpm. The Alpenglow Hy6 concept is the perfect example of what is possible to achieve the essential step of reducing carbon emissions in motorsport."