Alpine A390 vs Lexus RZ

The Alpine A390 costs £7,395 more than the Lexus RZ. For that premium it adds 40 kW faster peak rapid charging, 129 kW more power and a 3.6s quicker 0-62mph time. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Alpine A390 comes out ahead overall.

The Lexus RZ is £7,395 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £152 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Lexus RZ comes out roughly £7,515 cheaper overall. These figures cover list price and home charging only - insurance, servicing, tyres and depreciation will move the real total.

EVcarsguide estimates a real-world motorway range of about 288 miles for the Alpine A390 and 294 miles for the Lexus RZ - effectively matched, and both well below their WLTP figures because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 25-30 minutes.

The two are within 10 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 515 mm of total clearance for the Alpine A390 and about 505 mm of total clearance for the Lexus RZ.