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Renault has long teased the return of Alpine, its classic sports brand, first by creating a wild concept car for Sony’s Gran Turismo racing simulator franchise. Now, it has something a little more concrete: the Alpine Vision, a concept car that hews “very close” to the inaugural model that it’ll be selling starting next year.

This car is no joke. A mid-mounted turbocharged four promises 0-62 mph times under 4.5 seconds, which puts the Alpine Vision solidly in Porsche 718 Cayman territory — and if the company can come anywhere close to this concept’s interior, they’re in a good place. (The press materials claim that the Vision represents roughly 80 percent of the production car.) And it sounds like corporate parent Renault is giving…

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