The A310 always struck me as a neat car, sort of a cross-pollenization between a Lotus Europa and TVR Tasmin and now, after reading the background on the design, I understand why. Or as the French say: Excellent ! The badges, it would appear, are not to be trusted. But before it could race, a business opportunity arose for Rédélé. Under the skin, the front axle balljoint mountings were changed in 1974 to silent-bloc rubber/steel bushings. The Dauphine simply wasn’t up to US-style driving and (low) maintenance conditions. Peter Monteverdi was a Swiss car dealer who had been selling Ferraris and dabbling in his own short-run productions of small racing and passenger cars. taillamps, BBS gold alloy wheels, Recaro seats, etc. To lose that for a LeBaron convertible in an ill-fitting Italian suit is just wrong. Once the full length of the throttle travel was discovered, it seemed to have acceleration not that far behind the 911, delivered with a lusty, offbeat growl that was as inspiring as the similarly powered De Lorean’s was limp and unappealing. , Thanks Aaron. This is a blisteringly fast and competent 2+2, and it’s a great injustice that so few found takers in period. MOTEUR. Three, actually-one Series I and two Series II V6 cars. But by the early 1970s, another stylist had stepped up to claim the Hai’s shape – Trevor Fiore. So it seems possible the ‘suggestion’ came from France. Rédélé would later insist that Michelotti was not involved with this emerging Berlinette shape, and he was technically correct. As the top image by ‘Manfred’ at Forum Alpine Renault shows, the car was to receive an underbody shroud. The massive rear transmission ‘pyramid’ intruded significantly on the +2 seating, though it was not as cramped as some competitors. Most were VF models, but I don’t think the engines received any further tuning. It allowed for greater resistance to torsional twist, and for half axles to better maintain contact with uneven ground – an added bonus for Alpine’s rally applications. The press was full of praise for the GTA, highlighting its refinement and superb traction. Bonjour à tous, Mon mari est plus que passionné par la R5 Turbo 2. He had refused to pay Frua a design royalty for the examples being built by Fissore, and Frua took him to court. In 1960, the donor Renault platform of the A108 was replaced with a backbone frame (seen here on the A110 1300S). The front suspension towers were taller than those on the A110 as the coils were mounted to the top of the wishbone. In 1976 the A310 was restyled by Robert Opron and fitted with the more powerful and newly-developed V6 PRV engine. Rédélé also came to the conclusion that a lighter, more streamlined body would be an advantage. The Alpine A110 succeeded the earlier A108. It was over 200 kgs heavier than the A110, and with both using the same engine it was the two seater that continued to excel. Découvrez vos propres épingles sur Pinterest et enregistrez-les. Perhaps the most unique facet of the police-spec A310s was that the fibreglass body had metal flakes embedded in the resin to aid radio reception. It look bulbous and ungainly. In 1977, Rédélé sold his remaining stake in Alpine to Renault. Floor the throttle and the A110 roars around bends at a stunning pace, the steering amazingly communicative as the scenery flashes by in a surreal blur of this-shouldn’t-be-possible adrenalin-fuelled excitement. Renault immediately halted further rally funding for the A310 at this point. The 2.6 L motor was modified by Alpine with a four-speed manual gearbox. In 1976 the A310 was restyled by Robert Opron and fitted with the more powerful and newly developed V6 PRV engine. The neat chin spoiler did not detract from the shape at all, and in fact looked a natural fit with its complementary angling and surfaces. Its unconventional handsomeness wins me over. A few days after the joint venture was signed, and just before the July 14 Independence Day celebrations, the first three examples of the Alpine A106 were presented in the courtyard of Renault’s Boulogne Billancourt headquarters, proudly rendered in the French tricouleurs. The versions with slats and rear spoiler help, but the bare version is a problem for me. The Renault 16 engines were said to be capable of further enlargement to around 1774-1862cc (and would have made for an interesting 114 Project since the latter was to use inline-6 versions of the Renault 16 engine), one of which IIRC was used for rally versions of the A110 or A310 yet fortunately those displacements were never fully productionized as they would have been quite useful for a number of Renault and Alpine models including the RAG Coupe. The NACA ducts up front were gone and the rear lower panel was now blacked out, with new light units. It was based out of Alpine’s Val Druel facilities and they soon scored big, with outright victory at the 1978 24 Heures du Mans in an Alpine A442B, earning themselves a tow down the Champs Elysees. There was a 180+ hp version of the A310, but it wasn’t available to everyone. Jean Rédélé was asked to help Renault as they developed this little coupe/cabriolet. Don, what an absolutely fantastic write-up. Juchet had joined Renault in 1958 as an aerodynamics engineer and by 1962 had established himself as one of their stylists. ‘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. They just managed to get almost everything right. Alpine Renault continued to develop their range of models all through the 1980s. I must stress that these suggestions are at best tentative. He appears to have been a self-effacing and modest figure in the ego-driven world of the automotive stylist. Le dessin des jantes évoque l’un de ceux en vogue sur l’A110 et l’A310 dans les années soixante-dix. The spotlights were now placed under the bumper beneath the turning signals. or the astringent edge of pastis, that slightly jarring face is intrinsic to the authenticity of the A310 shape. The Alpine was not a cheap car. The prototype A310 developed by Fiore, Jim English and Turin based design company Coggiola had louvres across the rear glass which at the time were considered very fashionable; these were not carried over to the production model.’. He stepped away with a promise from Renault that they maintain production in Dieppe for the next fifteen years. Looking forward to the outtake on the Sport. It was a masterful shape, drawing much from the prevailing origami language. 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 really is staggering, yet feels utterly benign – on a twisty mountain pass, I can imagine few cars being more inspiring. One item in the pictures above jumped out: Tornado mirrors. hehehe. 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. Across the life of the A310, there would be very little change made to the body. Note the example lower right with the louvred rear window. In 1976 the A310 was restyled by Robert Opron and fitted with the more powerful and newly-developed V6 PRV engine. The wheelbase was the same as outgoing GT4 (and recently lengthened Porsche 911) at 89.4” (2,270mm), although the Alpine was a whopping 9” lower than the Porsche in height. But it’s a bit more complex than that. 1964 saw success in the single-seater field. To climb behind the wheel of Andrew Jones’ GTA today is to travel back to an era of massive Motorolas and red braces. 27 sept. 2017 - Cette épingle a été découverte par Seiichiro Aizawa. 1976 also saw the release of the Renault R5 Alpine. Fast forward 40 years, the VW Golf Mk1 GTI evolved into the VW Golf Mk7 GTI while the Renault 5 Alpine evolved into the Renault Clio Mk4 RS 220 Trophy. It scuttles around curves in a flat, neat and nifty way that suggests something much smaller with light, quick steering. At some point something must have been difficult to replace or fix, and it was left parked out in the street. In addition, the outside mirror is almost useless as it mounts too close to the side of the car.’. ‘Plasticar Inc.’ had been unable to get a handle on the fibreglass process and not one ‘Marquis’ coupe had been built. Michelotti had also been asked to submit a proposal (bottom right), but it was rejected for a number of reasons including that the brief had been changed to a four-seater. And Renault has recently made efforts to revive it in the real world. It had also gained 3” in wheelbase. Click stars to vote. The ‘Black Knight’ (top) was the first attempt at a slant nose, and the ‘Daytona’ (based on stylist Wayne Cherry’s Ferrari Daytona) came soon after. From 1967, Renault’s racing efforts were officially represented by Alpine. Alpine may have abandoned the Col de Turini in favour of China in Your Hand, but the Dieppe firm had far from sold out. Carrozzeria Fissore appears to have had no commercial arrangement at all with Alpine or Renault, neither before nor after this time. However Meyrignac blanched at the costs of pollution compliance (despite the fact that the Alpine engine already complied) so the project was abandoned. Way back in 1979, I invested several weeks’ pocket money in a copy of The Observer’s Book of Automobiles. “What is it?” he finally enquires, despite having examined nose and tail for clues. The gearchange does not reach the same standard – it felt vague and slightly rubbery at times – but I never failed to find the gear I wanted.’. Nicely done. I’d love to run across one curbside one day–a man can dream, right? De la F1 au Rallye ! The louvres were available very early in the A310’s life but soon fell out of French regulatory compliance probably because of rear visibility issues, which makes their presence on the police cars even more interesting. Alpine and Renault wanted the A310 to be equally successful on the rally circuit as the previous A110’s, naturally. This appears to be more than a coincidence. 8. Porsche and Ferrari benefitted from Max Hoffman and Luigi Chinetti who both knew how to market to the US, just as Mr K. figured it out in the late 1960s with the Datsun 1600. The little that is known about the RAG project is that it was to be based on the 1965-released Renault R16 and featured the four-cylinder engine used in that family car in Gordini-developed form. 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. Based on what little I can unearth, one possible explanation is that Fiore was directly and discretely engaged to work as an independent freelancer on the Alpine project once Béligond’s condition surfaced. That’s him standing at left in this publicity still for Renault featuring R16 scale models. True, the dash is every bit as plasticky as that of a Supercinq, but in no other aspect does the car underwhelm you. Development work had begun in ’68 and, with a spacious new factory to pay for, the ever-astute Rédélé had made the decision to pitch the car further upmarket where greater profits were to be had. The same version of the V6 was carried over but was now mated to a 5 speed. With greater mass hanging behind the back axle line than in its petite sister, the A310 is more pendulous in its handling, but the steering is superb, the performance exhilarating and, although the Douvrin V6 is hardly the world’s most sonorous powerplant, the overall driving experience is supremely addictive. Production peaked in 1973 at 666 units, and never again breached the 350 figure. Most of the early history of Alpine in this piece was drawn from While I agree that it’s not up to the visual level of the A310, the GTA is still quite an attractive car, and (especially with the turbo) quite a performer. Savez vous où je pourrais trouver ça ? A facelift to become the aggressive wide-body Le Mans in 1990 further improved the dynamics, while in 1992 the car was heavily reworked to become the A610 – the last model to sport the Alpine name. Some in-house ideas had been prepared before Renault looked to the Italian carrozzerie for suggestions. After completing studies in business and economics in 1946, Jean found himself at Renault on a work placement program where he distinguished himself with his strategic input, catching the eye of CEO Pierre Dreyfus. The drive began with Les 17 tournants, the “17 turns”, one of the highlights of the Tour de France. The A310 was the next modern interpretation of the A110. It helps having an editor who knows his stuff backwards. If you need any help, contact Paul through submissions and if he’s busy I’ll give you a hand. 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. Now I will think of some of the pictures above. Plus the GTA/A610–I’m a fan of all of them. Back then it was restored to its original gris metalise colour and was converted to RHD, but it had lost its original VF motor and gearbox. 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. I couldn’t fit this pic in the story, but any excuse…. Unsurprisingly, the A110 began scoring some impressive competition results, cementing its immortality eight years into its career with a 1-2-3 on the Rallye Monte-Carlo in 1971 – an achievement that would be repeated two years later. Formed originally for fans of the V6 Renault Alpines including the Alpine GTA V6 GT, GTA V6 Turbo, GTA Le Mans and A610. alpine-passion.com – an exhaustive and exacting blog detailing the driving career Savourez l’aventure du pilotage en famille ! The leather looks boring in comparison. The Alpine’s engine was derived from the R16’s 1,565cc I4, and was released in three variations. Elles révèlent les dimensions généreuses des disques ainsi que des étriers de frein de couleur orange. The Alpine A110 was introduced as an evolution of the A108. Great find. Toute jeune, l’entreprise propose aux passionnés de voitures anciennes de rouler en voitures vintage, telles qu’une Triumph Spitfire MK4 de 1971, une Alpine A310 Calberson de 1977, une Lotus Seven S3 de 1969 ou une Ford Mustang Fastback de 1968. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. I saw a Renault Sport Spyder, the 1996 aluminium car you show),recently, and you’ve reminded me to prepare a CC Outtake on it. Thanks Brad. Alpine A310 de GG et les Berlinettes A110 sur la piste "canard". Required fields are marked *. Despite the fact that the Michelotti car was not favoured, Rédélé rather sneakily ordered a two-seater cabriolet prototype from Michelotti/Allemano based on the coupe as the Renault project progressed. Photo source: http://www.talbotco.com/vitaloni_pics/baby_tornado_2.jpg. I was drawn to by a picture of a forlorn green A310 VF, which happens to be sitting in my shed right now. You did a great job of explaining how Porsche introducing a 6 caused competitors to up their game. 21 déc. Découvrez vos propres épingles sur Pinterest et enregistrez-les. 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. D’après Louis Chazel, l’Alpine A110 CUP est une excellente base de développement. Heuliez was asked to help prepare the prototypes and the further the project progressed, the more it returned to the A310 shape. Jean took up competitive driving in a rear-engined Renault 4CV. The spongy seats are far softer than those of the GTA, and the narrower, oh-so-’70s cabin more inviting. Learn how your comment data is processed. Of course this affected handling and Renault found themselves sending updates to dealers explaining how to set rear tyre inflations for the first series of the A310 V6. MOTEUR. Thanks John. Any of you guys want to take a Renault R8S in p/ex? This same engine would make its way into the R17TS/Gordini from 1974. After the refinement of the GTA, Crispin Forster’s A110 is a loud and brutal hooligan. Yet for all the magic, I’m not sure that I’d want to drive any great distance in the A110. It was the weekend of the Grand Prix, so we jumped on our bikes to avoid the traffic and roadblocks, and when we arrived I couldn’t believe what he had led me to.
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