{"id":516468,"date":"2026-06-29T11:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/516468\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T11:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:15:10","slug":"lacoste-and-alpine-teamed-up-on-an-electric-race-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/516468\/","title":{"rendered":"Lacoste and Alpine Teamed Up on an Electric Race Car"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFAST TIMES: How many crocodiles can one fit in a compact electric racing car? Exactly 290 of Lacoste<\/a>\u2018s animal emblem have been incorporated into the one-off Alpine Lacoste<\/a> A290 Rallye, which is to be unveiled Monday night in Paris.<\/p>\n

\n\tOne can find crocodiles on the steering wheel, padded door panels and as an unconventional rear spoiler.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe collaboration<\/a> between Lacoste and the French carmaker also extends to a capsule collection spanning polos, T-shirts, lightweight outerwear, caps and key rings.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tLooks from the Alpine x Lacoste capsule collection.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Lacoste<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to Eric Vallat, chief executive officer of Lacoste, the two companies share \u201cthe same culture of innovation, shaped since their origins by pioneers convinced that performance is born as much from ingenuity as from mastery of detail.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFormula 1 driver Pierre Gasly joined Lacoste ambassador and actor Pierre Niney for the humorous promotional film, produced by Niney\u2019s production company.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the clip, Niney is pictured talking calmly on his cell phone as Gasly races around him in the Alpine car, squealing the tires. They ultimately switch roles, and let\u2019s just say one emerges as the superior pilot.<\/p>\n

\n\tChristened \u201cBeware of the Crocodile,\u201d the car boasts widened tracks, pronounced wheels, prominent wings, a spectacular diffuser and roof air intake.<\/p>\n

\n\tIcy blue outside, the interior is red, \u201cas though the driver were literally stepping inside the crocodile\u2019s mouth,\u201d according to Lacoste, which lent its emblematic petit piqu\u00e9 fabric for the seats and door panels.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe capsule collection drops on July 30 on Lacoste\u2019s Europe e-commerce, at Lacoste flagships in Paris and London, and Lacoste stores in racing capitals Le Mans and Monaco.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tThe all-red interior of the Alpine Lacoste A290 Rallye racing car.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Lacoste<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FAST TIMES: How many crocodiles can one fit in a compact electric racing car? Exactly 290 of Lacoste\u2018s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3203,146,85,46,236613],"class_list":["post-516468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-collaboration","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-lacoste"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}