Alpine Vision Gran Turismo to be out soon

By CARSIFU | 29 January 2015


PARIS: The Alpine Vision Gran Turismo is due to appear soon in the celebrated Gran Turismo 6 game.

The Alpine Vision Gran Turismo will be made available as part of a free update of Gran Turismo 6 for PlayStation 3 in March 2015.

Alpine presented a breath-taking full-scale model of the car at the Festival Automobile International in Paris on Jan 27, 2015.

The car will also be exhibited at the 2015 Retromobile Show (Feb 4 to 8) at the Porte de Versailles, Paris, where celebrations of Alpine’s 60th anniversary will kick off.



“The designers and engineers involved in this project were tasked with creating a car that expresses the spirit of our brand. Alpine’s genes are immediately visible in its styling, while its performance won’t disappoint either when players get behind the wheel, or their DualShock PlayStation controller,” said Societe des Automobiles Alpine CEO Bernard Ollivier.

The Alpine Vision Gran Turismo was conceived in July 2013, when 15 staff from Polyphony Digital Inc visited Alpine’s studio.

Polyphony Digital president Kazunori Yamauchi, who is also Sony Computer Entertainment Inc senior vice president, had been fascinated by Alpine for some years.

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Yamauchi could not conceal his delight at the idea of hosting the French brand in his virtual showroom.

“Would you be prepared to design a car for Gran Turismo?”

This simple question got the brains of the teams at Alpine thinking overtime, despite the fact that they were already busy preparing the brand’s comeback in the form of the first production car that will be presented to the public in 2016.

Very soon, the idea of a lightweight, agile, barquette-type car, in keeping with the brand’s racing programme with the A450, took form.

“As a child, I used to admire concept cars. They were like gifts that pointed to a bright future. That’s still how I see them. The technology used by car manufacturers today allows them to surpass my imagination. I am very proud to have Alpine on board with us for the Vision Gran Turismo project,” said Yamauchi.

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