Editing Automobiles Alpine (section)

==Operations==
===Dieppe plant===
The first assembly plant for Alpine was at a small workshop owned by Rédélé on the Pasteur avenue in [[Dieppe]].<ref name=CAR/> In 1969, to cope with increasing demand, the assembly was moved to a larger facility on de Bréauté avenue, its present location.<ref name=R /><ref name=CAR>{{cite web |url=https://actu.fr/normandie/dieppe_76217/a-dieppe-lusine-alpine-fete-50-ans_25726076.html |title=A Dieppe, l'usine Alpine fête ses 50 ans |trans-title=At Dieppe, the Alpine plant celebrates its 50th anniversary |work=actu.fr |language=French |last=Benard |first=Aurélien |date=8 July 2019 |access-date=10 April 2021}}</ref>

The Dieppe plant has 3.8 hectares of covered buildings. {{As of|2019}}, it had 386 employees.<ref name=DIEPLANT>{{cite web |url=https://group.renault.com/en/our-company/locations/dieppe-plant-2/ |title=Dieppe plant (Alpine) |publisher=Renault |access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref>

The plant is semi-automatised, with high worker input (before the launch of the 2017 A110, vehicles were almost completely hand-built) and focused on low-volume, high quality assembly. It can produce an average of 15 A110s per day. The plant press neither steel nor aluminium (the A110s are mostly built on prefabricated alloy panels). The plant has not a welding section, as the A110 chassis and bodywork are riveted and glued on a special assembly line and moved to a low-temperature coating plant (able to paint both the alloy and plastic elements) and then to a sanding robot (to remove imperfections) and wiping robot (to clean the vehicle). Final assembly is made on a single line, with logistics teams preparing beforehand the vehicle's components to travel along the line with it. Cockpits are assembled and put on by the side and pre-assembled powertrains are put on the rear.<ref name=Just>{{cite web |url=https://www.just-auto.com/analysis/plant-focus-alpines-dieppe-sportscar-factory_id183498.aspx |title=Plant focus: Alpine's Dieppe sportscar factory |last=Roberts |first=Graeme |work=Just-auto.com |date=11 July 2018 |access-date=20 April 2021 |archive-date=20 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420020235/https://www.just-auto.com/analysis/plant-focus-alpines-dieppe-sportscar-factory_id183498.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> Apart from low-volume cars, the Dieppe plant also assembles racing cars<ref name=DIEPLANT/> (as the Clio Rally4, a rallying car based on the fifth-generation [[Renault Clio]]), co-develops racing cars,<ref name=RSR>{{cite press release |url=https://www.renaultsport.com/225-new-clios-already-delivered.html |title=225 New Clios already delivered! |publisher=Renault Sport |access-date=22 April 2021}}</ref> produces and sells parts for racing cars,  and tunes engines.<ref name=DIEPLANT/>

From the late 1970s, Alpine's Dieppe plant produced Renault Sport models and, after the discontinuation of the Alpine brand in 1995, it became its main focus.<ref name=DIEPLANT/><ref name=Just/> Renault Sport models produced over time by Alpine include: Renault 5 Turbo, [[Renault Sport Spider]], [[Clio Renault Sport]], [[Mégane Renault Sport]].<ref name=DIEPLANT/><ref name=Just/> The last Renault Sport model produced by Dieppe aimed at the mainstream market was the fourth-generation Clio Renault Sport, which was put out of production at the site in 2018. Between 2015 and 2016, the plant also assembled the [[Bolloré Bluecar]].<ref name=DIEPLANT/>

===Alpine Racing===
{{see also|Alpine Endurance Team}} 
{{see also|Alpine F1 Team}}
'''Alpine Racing''' is the Alpine's motorsport division. It is made up of the Alpine subsidiaries Alpine Racing Limited (an [[Enstone]]-based operation) and Alpine Racing SAS ([[Viry-Châtillon]]) mainly for running the company [[Formula One]] programme<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.media.groupe.renault.com/news/alpine-racing-s-a-s-renews-partnership-with-mecachrome-b37a-989c5.html |title=Alpine Racing SAS renews partnership with Mecachrome |work=media.renault.com |publisher=Renault |date=23 February 2021 |access-date=21 March 2021 |archive-date=4 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304213035/https://en.media.groupe.renault.com/news/alpine-racing-s-a-s-renews-partnership-with-mecachrome-b37a-989c5.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and a partnership with [[Signatech]] for other programmes.<ref name=AS>{{cite web |url=https://www.automobilsport.com/cars-tuning--37,220139,History-of-the-Alpine-Brand---4-The-return-to-competition,news.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202151317/https://www.automobilsport.com/cars-tuning--37,220139,History-of-the-Alpine-Brand---4-The-return-to-competition,news.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 December 2021 |title=History of the Alpine Brand - 4 The return to competition |work=automobilsport.com |date=8 March 2021 |accessdate=21 March 2021}}</ref>

The Alpine competition department had various racing programmes from the early 1960s onwards. At the end of 1976, the department was merged with Gordini to form Renault Sport.<ref name=RS4>{{Cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns19525.html |title= Jean Redele |publisher=Grandprix.com |date= 15 August 2007 |access-date=17 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=RS1>{{Cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/con-renau.html |title=CONSTRUCTORS: RENAULT F1 |publisher=Grandprix.com |access-date=17 October 2011}}</ref> Some Alpine racing activities continued after that, including a 1978 Le Mans 24 overall victory with the Renault Alpine A442, partnering its parent Renault.<ref name=LF>{{cite web |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/automobile/2014/01/30/30002-20140130ARTFIG00323-aumans-la-periode-bleue-d-alpine.php |title=Au Mans, la période bleue d'Alpine |trans-title=At Le Mans, the blue period of Alpine |work=Le Figaro |language=French |date=31 January 2014 |last=Reisser |first=Sylvain |accessdate=5 July 2017}}</ref>

In 2013, as part of the promotional activities for the launching of Alpine roadcars, Alpine partnered with Signatech to enter a Nissan-powered, [[Oreca]]-built prototype into the [[European Le Mans Series]] championship's LMP2 class, re-establishing Alpine-badged racing activities. Signatech-Alpine won the team championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.renault.com/global/en-gb/alpine/Media/PressRelease.aspx?mediaid=50949 |title=European glory for Alpine |work=media.renault.com |publisher=Renault |date=29 September 2013 |access-date=10 June 2014 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714131937/http://media.renault.com/global/en-gb/alpine/Media/PressRelease.aspx?mediaid=50949 |url-status=dead }}</ref> They returned for the 2014 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.renault.com/global/en-gb/alpine/Media/PressRelease.aspx?mediaid=55957 |title=In addition to defending the ELMS title it secured in 2013, Alpine has set its sights higher for this year's Le Mans 24 Hours |work=media.renault.com |publisher=Renault |date=19 March 2014 |access-date=10 June 2014 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714134346/http://media.renault.com/global/en-gb/alpine/Media/PressRelease.aspx?mediaid=55957 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2015, the Signatech-Alpine combination entered into the [[FIA World Endurance Championship|World Endurance Championship]] (WEC)'s LMP2 class, achieving the 2016 and 2019-2020 championships<ref name=AS/> and winning three Le Mans 24 races.<ref name=MS>{{cite web |url=https://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/alpine-lmp1-revealed-hypercar-signatech/5755995/ |title=Alpine reveals LMP1 contender for step up to WEC's top class |work=motorsport.com |date=16 March 2021 |last=Thukral |first=Rachit |accessdate=21 March 2021 |quote=The A480 is essentially a rebadged version of the Oreca-built Rebellion R-13 fielded by the Swiss watch maker until its exit from motorsport at the end of 2020, but Alpine intends to develop the car throughout the year with the French chassis builder.}}</ref> Through its partnership with Signatech, Alpine also launched GT4's touring car and rallying programmes for its A110.<ref name=AS/>

In September 2020, Groupe Renault announced it would rename its existing Formula One team as [[Alpine F1 Team]], while [[Renault in Formula One|Renault]] would remain as the engine marque.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.renault-alpine-f1-team-2021.7eY84dCU9MythQjcYG8T45.html |title=Renault to rebrand as Alpine F1 Team in 2021 |work=formula1.com |access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref> In January 2021, the Alpine company said it would absorb all existing Renault Sport racing activities besides Formula One.<ref name=ALPBU>{{cite press release |url=https://www.alpinecars.com/en/press/alpine-at-the-forefront-of-groupe-renaults-innovation-with-exclusive-sportcars/ |title=Alpine at the forefront of Groupe Renault's innovation with exclusive {{sic|nolink=y|reason=error in source|sportcars}} |publisher=Alpine |date=10 January 2021 |access-date=21 March 2021 |archive-date=3 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303055804/https://www.alpinecars.com/en/press/alpine-at-the-forefront-of-groupe-renaults-innovation-with-exclusive-sportcars/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In March 2021, Alpine presented the Alpine Endurance Team, a WEC's top class team managed by Signatech and using a "grandfathered" [[Rebellion R13]].<ref name=MS/> In October 2021, Alpine said it would enter two WEC prototypes built on the LMDh rules from 2024 onwards, with the running side managed again by Signatech. Oreca was announced as the chassis main developer and builder (assisted by Alpine Racing's Enstone operation) and the engine development side would be carried out by Alpine Racing's Viry-Châtillon base.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://en.media.alpinecars.com/news/alpine-commits-to-endurance-racing-in-lmdh-from-2024-6242-989c5.html |title=Alpine commits to endurance racing in LMDh from 2024 |publisher=Alpine |date=5 October 2021 |access-date=19 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/alpine-le-mans-hypercar-wec-2024/6681669/ |title=Alpine reveals two-car LMDh Hypercar entry in WEC from 2024 |work=motorsport.com |date=5 October 2021 |last=Bradley |first=Charles |accessdate=19 October 2021}}</ref>