From 1971-73, the 1,605cc VE series featured twin 45 DCOE Webers putting out 125 hp (93 kW) at 6,000 rpm. Trouvez la voiture de vos rêves. Nicely done. great article wonderfully researched and i loved all the photos. The origins of the Alpine name came from Rédélé’s own competition experiences. Hope to see it around town. It was actually built over an A110 chassis and engine bought directly from the factory, and intended for small-volume production. Renault Alpine Cup is anAlpineOne-Make Championship Race onGran Turismo 4.Only Alpine cars can race it. On the other hand I get all googly-eyed over old Alfa Spiders and Lancia Fulvia’s so maybe I like the 60’s and the 80’s…Although 70’s VW and Ford of Europe styling does it for me as well so who knows…. Most significantly, that distinctive front end was revised to a four-headlight arrangement, divided by body panelling which sported the Renault logo. A dozen A310s were prepared for competition with front wheel arch flares and a widened rear flank that included most of the c-pillar to also allow for larger air intakes. There were plans for the Renault GTA to be powered by the 175 hp 2-litre Turbo engine in the Renault 21 Turbo, whether it would have also introduced the non-turbo 140 hp 2-litre version of the engine as an entry-level Alpine GTA though is another matter. But even the over-spoilered later versions are attractive, in a late 70’s sort of way. "This is a competition between the historical sports cars of France that are obsessed with rear-engine, rear wheel drive." Retrouvez les célèbres Alpine A310, Alpine GTA V6, Renault R5 Alpine Turbo mais également, la toute nouvelle Alpine A110 Première Édition, en hommage à la Berlinette, la star des rallyes ! The 2.6 L motor was modified by Alpine with a four-speed manual gearbox. Aimed at improving refinement without damaging the Berlinette’s legendary cornering ability, the improved rear end would also be adopted in 1973 for the final four years of A110 production. Beautiful post with great pics. The A310 replacement was again an Opron-headed task. How devastating it must have been for this man – whose delicacy of touch went to the very essence of his character – see his facility ebb away just as he was in the midst of perhaps the most exciting project of his career. It incorporated broad fully-volumed ‘c-pillars’ running cleanly and completely into the body as no automotive shape had applied them before. I never realized that even a small run were actually sold here though. Thanks Jim. Enregistrée par Gentlecar. Avec une puissance maximale de 292 ch, l'A110S est le modèle le plus puissant de la gamme A110. It is interesting that Porsche were make the move to the 911 (with its completely unique engine) and grow significantly while Lotus and Alpine were not – as you said earlier the US market no doubt played a key part. Top speed was 131 mph (210 kmh) and 0-60mph time around 8 seconds. This is a blisteringly fast and competent 2+2, and it’s a great injustice that so few found takers in period. Announced at the 1976 Paris Salon, the revised version – identifiable by its more orthodox quad-headlamp front end and a chunky rear spoiler – packed an all-alloy V6 engine in its shapely tail. Cool cars I’m sure Ive seen a A 310 at a show in Aussie nothing else looks like that I saw a A110 in Havelock north here in Hawkes bay at the end of a Dunlop targa it had been competing beautiful car and very rare here, Vauxhall copied the faired in lights of the 310 for their Firenza droop snoot coupe, but awesome cars and a great write up Thanx Don. I certainly love absorbing all I can get from everyone else here . Update/Correct Details. Thanks to Crispin Forster; Andrew Jones; Paul Fraser-Sage: Alpine Renault Restoration, Renault’s lively 5s: Gordini Turbo and Turbo 2 on track, Bargain ’50s greats: Healey vs Morgan vs TR2, Malcolm Thorne is a contributor to – and former Deputy Editor of – Classic & Sports Car. You’re right. Its 1973 home market price – 46,800 Francs – was almost double that of the Renault R12 Gordini at 19,200 Fr, and was still substantially higher than the top-spec R17TS at 24,600 Fr and R15TS at 18,500 Fr. By 1957 Jean Rédélé had hung up his own helmet, but competition was a still crucial facet of the Alpine experience. That’s why some of design elements didn’t really harmonise with the entire design or some design compromises were made. The second outing for chassis number 18393 was the 1975 Rallye Monte-Carlo, which had … In six-cylinder guise, the A310 would remain in production until 1984, its replacement being unveiled at the Geneva Salon in March of that year and – in a first for the marque – launched in the UK two years later. ‘The rear can be hung out to a great angle,’ he enthused, ‘yet the sudden uncontrollable breakaway of the typical rear-engined car never takes place.’ So much for swing-axle suspension being a liability, then. That’s extremely flattering Paul. A hefty dose of negative camber plus short suspension travel and an unfeasibly low centre of gravity endowed the coupé with unrivalled ability on snaking asphalt. Haven’t seen that example before, those widened ducts look serious. He appears to have been a self-effacing and modest figure in the ego-driven world of the automotive stylist. But while that brief foray onto these shores failed to produce any meaningful sales, across the Channel the marque enjoyed a long and illustrious career spanning more than four decades. The A310 was sold in Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Mexico and Portugal – which combined made up almost 50% of sales of the model. Motoring journalist Martin Buckley recently ran a comparo of the A310 V6 and its contemporaries for Drive magazine, and had this to say about the Alpine; ‘I was unprepared for how well this car went. A Group 4 A310 V6 putting out about 240 hp won the 1977 French Rally Championship in the hands of Guy Fréquelin, but Renault’s competitions focus would soon shift to the mid-rear engined turbocharged versions of the R5. Renault stylist Michel Béligond was seconded to Alpine in Dieppe to help with this new model. Heuliez was asked to help prepare the prototypes and the further the project progressed, the more it returned to the A310 shape. It’s listed in the 1977 World Cars catalogue alongside the V6 but when you compare the prices listed; 76,900 Francs for the 95 hp A310 TX, and 77,900 Francs for the 150 hp A310 V6, the senior model seems like a bargain. Or as the French say: Excellent ! In 1972, only a year after they had delivered the factory prototype, Coggiola presented another A310 body to Alpine. The interior shot looks very inviting with that great 70s color matched euro velour. Carrozzeria Fissore appears to have had no commercial arrangement at all with Alpine or Renault, neither before nor after this time. Looking forward to the outtake on the Sport. In 1922 Jean was the firstborn to Emile and his wife Madeleine Prieur. In 1971, a joint venture was established between Peugeot, Renault and Volvo for a large (in European terms) engine built at Douvrin in Northern France to be used primarily in each manufacturer’s senior saloon. Motorisation Moteur turbocompressé. Instead of the Chappe et Gessalin proposal, the Michelotti Renault prototype somehow found itself announced as the next new model in the Alpine range. I like the A610 as well, I just thought it didn’t look as special as it’s predecessor. One drives faster and faster through bends, never reaching the limit, even in the mountains, and the brakes do not fade. Looking forward to that A110 CC…. These appeared in studio after the A310, but the normally well-informed Vauxpedia site claims the Firenza influenced the A310, despite the A310 being seen as early as March 1971 and on the road by October that same year. It was also anticipated to put it in a completely new Alpine road car. From there, Alpine graduated to the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), competing once again on the world stage. A fast-back shape then became greenhouse of the body now known as the Berlinette. When you consider that the Dauphine was at one stage the biggest selling import into the states, the market was sort of ready for Alpine. The development of these models was under the aegis of Rédélé’s cousin, Roger Prieur (left). All Rights Reserved. CC Scoop: Unseen Alpine Mid-Engined Proposal by Peter Stevens, Mike Tippett’s Curbside Classic of a barnfind Alpine A106 located in the US. 594 alpine a110 d'occasion sur le Parking, la recherche de voiture d'occasion la plus rapide du web. This occurred in the midst of the 6 month period when the VE and VF versions were both in production, so this change does not actually denote either model specifically. Il est tout à fait impossible de résumer l'Alpine A110 à un seul moteur, ce modèle puisant dans la banque d’organes de Renault, la Berlinette va suivre l’évolution de cylindrée de la marque au Losange qui, devant le sérieux et la motivation de Jean Rédélé, a entre-temps accordé sa confiance à la marque Alpine. Walter Rohrl was even passed on the road by this 5 without him going off! The Alpine A310 was a sports car with a rear-mounted engine and was initially powered by a four-cylinder 1.6 L sourced Renault 17 TS/Gordini engine. The 2.6 L motor was modified by Alpine with a four-speed manual gearbox. Thanks John. Comments (0) Overview; Reviews (1) Discussion; Game Version: 1.22 Controller Type: Game Controller Vehicle Manufacturer: Alpine Performance Points: 400 PP Max. In 1954 Jean visited the US to discover for himself that the venture was a disaster. Comme je l'ai dit j'ai eu une A310 V6 et je faisais partie d'un club Alpine, vu le nombre de rasso que j'ai fait à l'époque je n'ai jamais vu une seule A310 V6 turbo, ni … Featuring a tubular steel backbone chassis designed by Rédélé and his cousin Roger Prieur, the Berlinette gave a clear indication of the direction the marque would take – both in terms of styling and purpose. 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There is more to that story than meets the eye; if it weren’t for a very snowy 1978 Rallye de Monte-Carlo, we likely would have never seen such a beast. MOTEUR. So there’s still hope. Here is the first verifiable instance of Fiore’s involvement with the Alpine. Excellent ! There was also a ‘Pack GT Boulogne’ featuring the 2,849cc version of the PRV breathing through 2 triple throat Weber 46 IDA carburettors and producing 193 hp (144kW). However Meyrignac blanched at the costs of pollution compliance (despite the fact that the Alpine engine already complied) so the project was abandoned. Sites sport automobile du groupe Renault. The badges, it would appear, are not to be trusted. Rédélé was sounded out directly with regards a coupe, and unable to finance a share in the project, he instead licenced the shape of the second Michelotti body. A good mate through high school was the son of the local Renault (And Peugeot/Daihatsu/Subaru) dealer, so I was brainwashed a little. Les chronos sur le circuit de Lohéac. At some point something must have been difficult to replace or fix, and it was left parked out in the street. Probably also sold the 1994 or so Renault 19 to a relative that my sister ended up trading in for $300 when it was 10 years old; it had had a hard life! Only 27 Boulogne were built. Power would come from a Renault 17 four-pot slung behind the same R12 Gordini transaxle used in the A110. After such a spectacular showing on the Monte, it is not hard to see why they would delve further; these cars maybe shot out 150 horsepower max in rally tune. It had a top speed of 137 mph (220 kmh) and could reach 60 mph in 7.5 seconds. This performance variant of Renault’s bread and butter baby had been developed by the Alpine team and sold 53,000 units. And Renault has recently made efforts to revive it in the real world. Its still due for a new coat of paint, but it revs cleanly to 7k once warmed up and gets out once a week on the unfortunately too short of a drive to work. Any of you guys want to take a Renault R8S in p/ex? However, Michel Béligond had multiple sclerosis. Less impressive, given the new car’s intended GT role, was the lack of luggage space, while there was also a whisper of disappointment that the Renault ‘four’ didn’t offer quite the supercar pace that the rakish lines promised. It was available with two versions of the PRV engine, the 2,849cc, 160 hp GTA and the 2,458 cc, 185 hp GTA Turbo. To return to the Monteverdi Hai; it is said that on a visit to Fissore Peter Monteverdi had seen Fiore’s work on the Alpine and insisted on using that shape for his own car. The spongy seats are far softer than those of the GTA, and the narrower, oh-so-’70s cabin more inviting. Chief among the technical developments was a revised double-wishbone rear suspension set-up. Longer, wider and taller, the shape had strong echoes of the A310, but careful attention to streamlining made it the most aerodynamic production car of its day, with a Cd figure of just 0.28. Three, actually-one Series I and two Series II V6 cars. The wording on the rear spoiler was flipped to read ‘Renault Alpine’. Though the Alpine name is held in high esteem by aficionados, there is limited global understanding of what it stands for. Savourez l’aventure du pilotage en famille ! Most were VF models, but I don’t think the engines received any further tuning. Renault had been approached by industrialist Zark Reed who wanted to build fibreglass 4CV-based cars for the US market. And so yet another French automotive spacecraft landed on planet earth. He was head of styling from 1965 to 1975, and continued with Renault when Robert Opron took the head job, perhaps relieved to cede the administrative tasks and focus on design. The factory continued to release new and innovative road cars throughout the Seventies and Eighties, including the A310 V6 and the GTA. Meanwhile, Alpine redirected their focus to a road car using the 3 litre V8 Gordini engine. Except for its first and last (half) years, annual production never dipped below 1,000 units.