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Legendary Michèle Mouton, worlds best female rally driver..ever. debuted in 1973 Monte Carlo Rally, rallying as a co-driver but quickly moved to the driver's seat in 1974, steering an Alpine-Renault A110. Rest is history 😂😂😂 Cheers Ian, enjoy the weekend.
He should definitely do a deep dive on her racing career for a video
She is absolute proof that "If you are good enough, you'll get a racing seat"....are you listening Susie Wolff
Most women today just want to get everything by doing nothing. Women crying about wanting the same amount of money as men without being able to compete on that level. Mouton could compete with men on the same level as the best. Modern feminists could learn something from her... but they wont.
@@Tommy-he7dx HAve you seen the RS3 advert with her? Classic!
@@nickosmond he alreday do : czcams.com/video/v5SnWI6A-ss/video.html
The Alpine 110 has had extensive success in rallying and was the first car that Michelle Mouton competed (and won) in.
Michelle Mouton toute mon époque très grande championne
Yeah. She was fantastic. 👍
2 légendes nationales 🤩
It's blue because blue is the national racing color of France. UK is green, Italy is red, Belgium is yellow, Germany is white, USA is blue/white. That's why Ferrari's and Alfa Romeo's are red and Jaguars mostly green. I drove the new Alpine when it was just released because my uncle is a Renault dealer. 250hp, 1000kg.. was awesome.
I have no doubt about it!
never knew about national racing colors
Frenchman here. Very cool to see your excitement over our Berlinette. Always loved them but never saw an A110 in the wild. First saw one last summer, at the Dieppe Alpine meeting where there was 1000 Alpine, of all models. Even got to see and hear the Renault Formula 1 from 2018, but with an Alpine livery.
Look up the Alpine A310. It has a 4 cylinders version, a V6 version, and it competed in Group 4 and Group 5 in rally. It is considered the French 911. It is my favorite car design ever
German here. Great car, very light car, maybe not perfect in the rain (It was rumored to never being really water tight ;-) but a light car with less power is better than a very powerful car that is too heavy-or has a bad weight distribution....I love that car. Well done, man, very well done!
are they really that uncommon in france? seen quite a lot of alpine's in my life already in germany. did not know, that they were that special. but i guess growing up near the nordschleife and spa kind of highers the change quite a lot to see this kind of cars.
You should check out the Ford Escort mk1 and mk2.
Legendary rallycars.
James May bought one after a road test of the new version on Amazon's The Grand Tour episode "An Itchy Urus", season 3 episode 5. He said he loved it and Jeremy Clarkson said "buy one then" to which James replied "I have!"
Hi,
The alpine A110 was also once a French police pursuit car. I still remember finding one once in my rear mirror. I was told back then that it could reach up to 260 km/h.
But of course that was some years ago before super car could hit 300km/h as if it was nothing.
The documentary talks about a guy that actually restore Alpine A110 (Berlinette), to the point to build a complete new chassis since some of them are 45+ years old sitting outside. Alpine is indeed part of Renault (including in Formula 1 now), and they did build a new A110. The original car had a 1600 or 1800 (1.6 liter and 1.8 liter) engine, around 180HP and was heavily used in Rally because it was also very light.
C'est un 1.8l turbo de 252cv puis, 292cv pour la S, 300cv pour la GT et la Radical
For the story, as a frenchman i was born in 1977, my parents owned the Alpine A110 at this time. As it was only a two seaters, and the laws were different at the time, i spent the 6 first month of my life in basket in the back of the car when we were travelling. In fact, the creators of the car had only made enough space for the helmets for the driver and co-driver, as the car was meant to race or be used on the street. Maybe is it why, 46 years after, i'm totally mad about cars. I was just next to the roaring engin as a baby ^^ And then as and adult, i owned sports cars, such as the Renault Megane RS R26, the Focus RS Mk2 and Mk3...
And right now, i'm thinkin about buying the new Alpine A110, or a Mustang Mach 1, yes i now, two opposite cars, but two dreams for me.
Thanks for your videos, always a pleasure to watch
one of my previous boss had one Alpine A100 "berlinette" and a Renault 5 Turbo2 side by side in his garage.
he told me about the trip to Portugal he did with his wife with the 2 cars to participate to an amateur rally during winter. Weather was cold and roads were partialy iced and they stoped to drink a cofee just after Bordeaux. His wife was driving the Alpine and he was driving the R5.
He told her : "you drive like a maniac! Roads are slippery and you passe me at high speed"
She answered : "roads aren't slippery and this car drives like a charm"
He was struggling to keep the Renault 5 Turbo2 on the road because the turbo effect was nearly impossible to manage while she was driving the Alpine without any problem because this car is a pure marvel
these small (very small i barely fited in my boss' car) cars are really rare but perfectely ingeneired that's why the Alpine won the world championship and the became a high class brand with the A310 (my faviorite with its V6) and A610 (also a V6 but less sporty because the car was equipped with a lot of modern gizmos)
Alpine is legendary in France
Dans les années 90, il y avait aussi la marque française Venturi, qui produisait des voitures de sport, un peu plus luxueuses qu'une Alpine. Une des plus extravagante produite, fût la Venturi LM400, 400ch donc, et la première supercar équipée se frein céramique carbone.
As a frenchman this is a dream car. The proto one is a bit too much widebody for my taste tho, I like the classic body. It had a few motor options from 50 to 200hp, and even more hp with a turbo for some rallye. This cars had a reputation for beeing so well balance and easy to push around (with only 1400lbs, she's a lightweight).
The new A110 is a beast, same ideology, more powerfull with the Megane RS engine, and a lot of electronics that are very cool like a drift mode where the car limit itself in angle so you can slide very fast but not spin out. It has a base model, S version, a GT, and the A110r, all those version would give their respective rivals a run for their money on a racetrack.
We are very good at making FWD cars, but this is a prime example of what the french manufacturers are capable of but rather do boring cars...
Check out the Renault R8 Gordini from the same era, rear engine as well, you'll love it too.
I've never seen any of them since I live on an island and I'm too young, but I love to drive them on the simulator alongside other rallye legends like the R5 turbo.
some quote of the french video : it is a restauration association in auvergne, they re-make a "berlinette" (name of the A110) in like 1000 hours. They make it as identical as the race version : model 1800 cc, 180Hp lilke the one who won world championchip in the 60 and 70.
great video, the original car is an icon today. I'm the proud owner of an A110GT 2023 model. most fun car I ever owned. Small, light, fast.
good news, Alpine (pronounced Alpeen) is coming to the US in 2027 with a full range of electric cars, new A110 new A310 and SUV's.
Fun fact: The highway patrol (Gendarmerie) use the new A110 for high speed pursuits!
I was lucky enough to ride as a passenger in a 2018 Renault Alpine a110 in Germany! Despite its small engine size (1,8 turbo, 252hp) it has super car performance weighing in at only 2250 lbs. An absolute blast!! Its not even that expensive- about the same price as say a higher spec 3 series BMW, which considering it's exclusivity and wild perfomance is a bargain! Would be nice to own one some day, although I can't see them depreciating in price any time soon..
So there's an older gentleman I see driving around in my neighborhood in Nice in one of those. I give him the thumbs up and he gives me the biggest smile. The car is and sounds beautiful. The we version. I've seen the old one parked in Nice when they do the Monte Carlo rally.
Hi IWrocker: the Alpine A110 has been 2 times rallye world champion. First in 1971 (not called WRC, but manufacturer championship) and in 1973 as the very first official WRC Championship of history
You see now why I keep suggesting videos from the HillClimb Monsters' channel, Ian? It's because of videos like these! They have all the ingredients to make you happy. 😄
The documentary you watched next was from the french TV channel France 3, which is sub-divided in one channel for each region of France. This one was from the Sud-Aquitaine region and takes place in the city of Pau.
@IWrocker , @Tommy-he7dx is right. In the days before commercial sponsorship, in international racing/rally cars were painted up the the team's traditional 'national colors'. Take a look at old Matra F1 and sports racing cars, they're the same color. Bugattis from the '20s-'30s too. In addition to the colors Tommy called out, US teams were either blue with white stripes (like Shelby Daytona coupes and Dan Gurney's 1967 Eagle F1 car) or white with blue stripes (like many road-racing Mustangs). Japanese teams were white..and I can't recall what Australian or NZ cars were. Historic side-track: originally, racing stripes were painted up top over the side of the car (either left-hand or right-hand side) that the driver sat, so that the race marshals knew what side of the car to check on the driver after a crash.
You should definitely check out the modern a 110 as well. There’s a few versions of that car specifically one built for pikes Peak and another GT4 class one that is really unique. You should definitely check out more footage of the original A110. A nice little fact about the original A110 Michelle Mouton actually raced the car in rally before she moved on to drive for Audi during the legendary Group B days where she was one of the drivers piloting the legendary Audi Quattro
My cousin had one in the 70s, I'll never forget it. Greetings from Germany
Ein Verwandter von mir besitzt so einen schönen blauen Renault Alpine 😍 immer wieder schön das Auto zu sehen
Ähm... EINE Alpine...
Alpine's association with Renault goes back to when the first Alpine was created, in the 1950s. Alpine's founder Jean Rédélé started the brand in Dieppe, France; he was a car dealer who also was involved in motorsports; he took the bones of the Renault 4CV (basically a French VW Beetle with two extra doors and a water-cooled inline-4 instead of an air-cooled flat-4 out back) and created the A106, the first Alpine model, using a fiberglass-bodied two-door coupe layout in 1955, this would lay the groundwork for future Alpines, be it Alpine or Renault (Alpine was bought by Renault in 1973), with the rear-engine, RWD architecture.
I own a new A110 GT : amazing car , 1090 kg , great handling , great torque low end . Can keep up with much more powerful cars , especially on mountain roads. I also had chance see the original a110 in different configurations at our annual group meeting. Very small , nimble and even lighter. Cheers from Switzerland
This car was built for rally and then sold as street car. It was the rally king until the stratos came in to take the crown.
Love this car, if I had to choose one single vintage car to own it would be this one.
First saw one in person as kid, a dude living not far from dad's at one and sometimes thz car was outside as dude was working on it, I had a complete crush on it, love the shape, the stance, the color, the sound, everything ❤
They are beautiful, even the 2017 version is really nice.
@@etherealicer Yes, as Ian said, they really did a good job doing a much more modern car but keeping the vibe of the original in the way it looks.
Good for hill climb and rally thanks to its rear engine, rear drive layout providing good traction.
The cable he pulled out is the map light, which used for the rally at night time.
The Alpine Renault 110 was originally based on the Renault 8 a new model in 1962 with RR drive inline 4 with 1050 cc and 1150 cc engine around 1965/66 the engine sorcerer Amedee Gordini developed an optimized crankshaft and multi-carburetor engine for Motorsports use with 1.300 cc and up to 137 bhp acceleration to nearly 220 kmh. Zero to sixty in 8.5 seconds, very fast for the late sixties.
Alpine was an independent carmaker at that time using Renault technology.
From 1965 on Alpine started at regional Rallye competitions in France one of the famous driver co-driver pairings was Jean-Paul Nicolas and Jean Todt between 1966 and 1971. Renault did win the Rallye world championship of the marque in 1973 with these Alpine 110 after more than 6 seasons..
AFAIK 1973 was the first year that there was a world rally championship. The A110 won loads of rallies in the 1960s, but there was no world championship to win, so it didn't. That 1973 championship basically happened in the tail end of its career.
I remember the beautiful A310 because it was the car of the beautiful Misato Katsuragi😍
Yes vive Evangelion!!🤗🤗
You mentioned the blue color of the Alpine 110.
There is a long history of these colors. In the early days of racing, without any sponsors, in the big events like grand prixs, it was more or less nation against nation.
Therefore, the cars from certain nations sported a certain color.
Italy was red, France was blue, England was green and Germany was white. And that stayed like this for a very long time. With the exception of Germany. They changed to silver (silver arrows). And the reason for this was just, that at the evening before an important race, the marshalls found that a german car from Mercedes was too heavy. So during the night they tried to solve this problem by stripping the car, drilling holes everywhere, but to no avail. In the end, they removed the white paint, so that there was only the blank aluminum left. So now they had a silver car. And afterwards, Mercedes and Auto Union always raced their cars in silver.
At least, that is how the legend goes.
it's pronounced ALPEEN , in french "i" is always pronounced "EE"
Regarding the blue color. at one time, before racing machines carried more sponsor stickers than paint, Each country's cars were assigned colors. French Blue for
Let's gooooooo the A110 has got to be my favourite rally car of all time
This could be a longer post... I had my first encounter with an Alpine as a small boy in the early 1970s. At that time, an ADAC mountain race was held on my home mountain, regularly and since years. My godfather, who had been working for a well-known tire manufacturer for some time and had completed training in the automotive sector, took me to the paddock. And although I've always had a soft spot for airplanes, I was really fascinated by all the rally cars. And then I saw my first Alpine... It was something like love at first sight. Later, as a teenager, I also completed training in the automotive sector, at, of all places, the local Renault dealer. My boss had driven rallies himself when he was younger, in an R8 Gordini. This was a version of a car with more than twice the horsepower that my grandfather drove a few years earlier and with which I was well acquainted. Then I went back to school to further my qualifications and then I found a nice job with a global German automotive supplier. When I had to do my (civilian) service for the fatherland, I had my next encounter with an Alpine, but then in the wild. One day I noticed a white R10 where I was "stationed". This car was a slightly more luxuriously equipped variant of the R8, which had also received a new body, but the technology was largely based on the parts that had already been used in the R8 (this car had only 3 fuses. Can you imagine that?). However, some things had also been changed, such as 4 disc brakes, which were the absolute exception when the car came onto the market at the late 60s! In any case, this R10 had enormous extensions with rear wheels that could only be described as Formula 1 rollers. This car, which was also used in rally sports, came across me on the road two or three times. But one day, I met my goddess. All in white, she stood there on the side of the road and waited patiently for her owner to return. I had also started taking photographs at this time and happened to have my camera with me. I blew half a film and then unfortunately had to go back to my obligations. However, I had a serious suspicion that the person who drove the R10 could also be the owner of the 110, which later turned out to be a correct idea. I came across it several times until one day I saw it parked again and the owner had just reached his treasure and was preparing to unlock his car. I spontaneously stopped. At that time I was driving an R5 Alpine, with 93 hp and 850 kg weight, a sprinter that was very tailored to French "Route National" road conditions. I then spoke to him and we chatted for a while and talked shop about Renault and Alpine. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough balls in my pants at the time to ask him if I could ride with him for a few kilometers. A missed opportunity... Unfortunately I have to admit yet another missed opportunity when it comes to Alpine. About 1 1/2 years earlier, on New Year's Day in 1988, my girlfriend and I drove over to the nearest gas station to buy a few little things for us two party-weakened people. Back then I regularly read the Oldtimer Market magazine. And of course the brand new issue was on time on January 1st. appeared. I bought it and then drove back to my friend in Schleptau with the other things. Back home, I took a closer look at the magazine. This magazine also included a large vehicle exchange, advertisements from car dealers and buyers, private sellers and parts suppliers. And when I looked at Renault and Alpine section, I discovered an electrifying advertisement... Someone wanted to sell his Alpine, which was still registered, accident-free and had several months of MOT, for just 10,000 DM. And of course, I young badger, had not these 10,000 DM in reserve. For better understanding, the dollar was worth about 1.70 DM at that time. The only advantage was that not many people had read this ad because the day before there had been merciless celebrations everywhere. I struggled all night whether I should go to the bank on Monday and get the money. I decided against it with a heavy heart, not least because I still had 20 months of the civil service ahead of me and it would be starting in 1988. Later, I always scolded myself for it... There is more to tell about myself and Alpine, but I'll leave it at that. Except perhaps one more note: Only around 5,500 of the old A110 were built and are now sold for upwards of 40,000 euros, depending on the condition the cars are in...
Oui, l'Alpine est l'une des plus jolies voitures françaises ! Merci pour cette vidéo :p
Belle voiture aujourd'hui et la berlinette de légende reste une îcone chez nous en France, tu peux regarder aussi l'Alpine 310 V6 une pure merveille de l'époque, merci pour le partage et bon week end😊
the guy i n the documentary said , they can't repair the body of the car because of the glassfiber , they have to rebuilt them entirely everytime
The origenal 1600 Gordini engine did sound about the same. With 2 double 45DCOE Weber carburators. Lancia Stratos came after this 1974 to 76. Rallycars are also legal roadcars. They had to produce 5000 of it to get it homologated. It is pronounced with an ee. I have seen it in the wild and even competed against it . After that they could produce 500 so called homologation specials, with dedicated parts, like engines, gearboxes, suspension, lighter carrosserie, differentials and so on and on.
You learned about the Citroen 2CV and the VW Käfer (Beetle), you love Skoda and eastern Europe Rallys. I just want you to remember that Germany was divided in West-Germany and the GDR, a Soviet-State like Czechoslovakia or Poland was. I would like to recommend you to learn about their Cars too, like the Trabant 601 or Wartburg 353...
Or the Melkus
@@Kilian600 Aber sicher!
That's a beautiful car. I like these really light weight vehicles. What a great video!
I remember my grandpa had a A110 back in the day, he showed me lots of pictures, as far as I know he sold it in 1992 10 years before I was born, I must say my grandpa looked really cool in those pictures
Your grandpa, was a lucky guy and an idiot at the same time. How could he sell such a car? I would likely sell one of my kidneys, before I took my hand from such a car!
Great episode IWrocker! Thank you!!! Please MORE episodes like this one.
It's a little weapon, so much fun to drive that i bet. ☝😎
You may have seen this car on the playstation game gran turismo. Also alpine have a current f1 team, using the mechanics and staff from the former renault team.
Good job Ian, One of my favourits 💪, even in Le Mans The Alpine won is class. Love your chanel, keep on going
There is also the A310 from the 70s and A610 from the 80s, but none of those had such big success as the A110.
The A110s main rivals in rally was the early Porsche 911s and Mk1 escorts.
Then the Stratos came and won in 1974,75 and 76.
And non of them, were such a small beauty...
@@melchiorvonsternberg844 Yes, the A110 is the most beautiful out of them.
I like the A310 too but its not as conventionally beautiful.
@@vintageman91 In the eary 80's a pal of my boss (a Renault dealer), drove a 310. At one day, he visited my boss at that time I finished my work (I was an apprentice bach then). And because we lived in the same village, he invited me to ride home with him. It was a nice, but short trip...
@@melchiorvonsternberg844 Thats nice! I think it was designed already in 71.
Alpine & French automaker Renault (ruh-NO (a mix of "now" & "no") even built a car not too long ago that was a modern recreation, also called the "Alpine 110". It's just sexy, either version!
I just love your enthusiasm and genuine interest in learning Ian. Don’t change mate. With the increasing popularity of your channel, I hope you save enough pennies to make a proper European road trip, taking in some awesome motorsport.
At the time of the first car races, cars in Europe had colors depending on the manufacturing country. White for Germany, Blue for France, green for the United Kingdom, red for Italy. Other countries did not produce cars and the sluggish US "trucks" were incapable of playing in Europe's backyard. Very slow.
The "Alpine A110 Renault" preceded the Stratos, another legend with Audi Quattro. There was also the R5 TURBO (Renault) and the 205 GTI (Peugeot), two other legendary French cars.
Berlinettes were used by the highway police at one time. They were catching up with all the other cars.
That is a bloody BEAST!!!
Here in luxembourg you often see the newer a110 at least at every renault dealership the older ones I only saw at car shows
11:18 in and yes I have seen one of the modern ones in Luxembourg here. But yea they are rare. I have seen 4 different MacLarens but only one Alpine. What we are seing the most is the Audi R8 (very beautifull car)
The colour of the car is specific to the brand not only the model, and is called "Bleu Alpine".
I'm from Spain and I've seen a bunch of Alpine on the streets, (classic and modern Alpine) maybe more videos of different models of Alpine and "sound compilations" of Alpine would be cool to react 👍
I saw that you have also RC cars.
Tamiya has kits of the old A110, the '71 Monte Carlo car and in 1973 Jägermeister colors.
In Brazil, we got the Alpine A108 (including convertible) under Willys-Overland brand as Interlagos(name of a famous racetrack). The biggest aesthetic difference from A110 is a shorter wheelbase and the design at the rear, with two big grilles to refrigeration. They are a bit rare and very pricey now, but so cool to see rolling at streets...
I've seen 1 or 2, and had a neighbour that lived in France that had a Renault Alpine 310 . Sounded good.
i recommend following video.
LEGENDARY Walter Röhrl & Porsche 992 GT3 RS! // Nürburgring
77 year old Walter Röhrl still doing an amazing lap.
Beautiful, I hope one day your gonna watch some 306 maxi 🔥
Yep, Alpeen. Nice to see someone reacting to this great car. I've seen the modern one here in my home (there were other models in between btw) here in country, central Victoria. Pretty obscure for these parts, and I wonder who owns it. All I know is he's got goo taste, and money. Both times he was gunning it from the 60 to 100km zone, the engine note turning my head.
There are road going versions of these cars from both eras. I've always pronounced it "Alpeen".
The original car was a rear engine, rear wheel drive, fibreglass body car mounted on a steel chassis that weighed around 620kg, (1366lb). It was fitted with engines sizes from 1.0 litre to a 1.6 litre. It's power started out at 51hp and the later models had anything up to 140hp. The full Race models were obviously a tuned to a higher horse power.
The 2017 version is an all Aluminium body, 1.8 litre engine with between 249 and 300hp weighing 1,103kg, (2432lb).
In the Monte Carlo rallies of 1971 and 1973 the finish positions for first, second and third were All Alpine A110's in Both years.
And the 5th...
I first saw one of the old ones in real life when it overtook my father and me while we were climbing Alpe d'Huez on our bikes 20 years ago. My dad and I have been considering buying one of the newer A110s for a couple of years now, still a little bit too expensive for a 'toy' car, though. Did rent one a couple of times, they are fantastic to drive, they also look MUCH better in person than in pictures.
I've seen a new one on the road. Beautiful car. Both are stunning in own way. The new one is a Cayman, Evora competitor. Imo the a110 looks way better than others
I think the new version of this car is the most beautiful car money can buy today.
It's worth, to be a successor...
In the mid-eighties a neighbour of mine had one as a daily driver, while I drove a 2CV. The car was already a collectible by then, and it certainly wasn’t the obvious choice for a city dweller living in a small third-floor apartment, and having to park his car kerbside in a small street, but so he did. He and his wife were rather small in height and built, and getting in and out of the Alpine certainly kept them agile. If they kept the car it would have been a sound investment, these things have certainly five to six times the value now that they had back then. But then he would be in his eighties now, which definitely isn’t the right age to use this car any longer, except to look at it.
Naissance en 1962 et championne de rallye dans les années 70... Une véritable légende.
Beautiful, elegant and very exotic, never seen one in the wild, only in a car show.
You don't know, what you miss... I'm 6ft tall. And this thing is only the height to my belly button. Imagine this. It's so great...!
One of my favourites classic cars! and im glad you finally discovered it! It had a big brother the A310 wich was also cool but not as much as this one, the modern a110 is rare to see because its expensive compared to other similar cars, but you will definetly have a fun and exclusive car in exchange, in Spain at least you can still see some of those little beauties in rallies and classic car meetups, ive already seen some in my life, their engines were not powerfull at all, but they were pretty light! around 600kg!!
There where a few variations of the Alpine A108 for different markets, Willys-Overland in Brazil made a model called Interlagos and there was also one made in Bulgaria called Bulgaralpine both very rare du to low production numbers, beautiful cars that could easily be mistaken for A110's at a glance.
Truly a very sexy and slim looking car. It's one of the cars on my dream list. Luckily someone at work has one in blue color, so I have the chance to see this beautiful car from time to time.
Greetings from Hannover, Germany!
For some good fun, I suggest "Crazy Citroen Dyane 6 Rally". Dyane is the close sibling of the 2CV: same motor, same suspension
6:05 very unfamiliar with that word, but it's apparently a "card reader", from what i understand it's the ancestor of the aux cord
6:20 the guy say it's around 180 horse power so original model
A few Alpine cars are in the old Gran Turismo games, that might be where you are remembering the name from.
In belgium i often see the new version driving around
Where i live there were some guys who built an (alpinche) alpine with porsche engine ,for racing in rally
I beleve they made a new one this year. Check out the DAF 33 or the TVR. Greetings from the Netherlands.
I would really recommend checking out the A310, its not as well known but it had some rally appearances too and is my personal dream car
The new version is used by gendarmerie (like police) as highway interceptor.
Would recommend checking Matra if you're interrested in other blue french racing cars (they've got V12s), as well as all the other alpines of course, there's some really cool models
The recent Alpine (pronounced ‘Al-peen" model released here in Australia (2018/19?) looks pretty hot!
They have an A110 from 2017 which is very nice. Beautiful and light as a fether. You have to check it out
First car to win wrc in 1973.
Alpines are gorgeous cars! The A110 came with Renault engines originally.
you see these often enough both old and new version at classic car shows here in the UK. Also look up the Apline A310 for a very interesting version.
I've seen at least 2 french cars in my life span (47 years old)
i saw a 2 CV (CV meaning chevaux vapeur translated to horse power) once
I saw a Renault 5 (french little car running around in Canada this year - 2023)
seeing an Alpine in real life is something only North american could only dream of
Mexico produced Alpine under the name Dinalpin in the 60's. And even if their production numbers are quite small it's not unrealistic to see a Dinalpin in North America. BTW, Renault produced cars in the US in the 70's and 80's in collaboration with AMC (American Motors).
I've seen many of them in Belgium, in car shows and in rarer occasions on the street. You don't realize how tiny they are until you've seen one for real.
I am probably in the minority, but I prefer the A310. It was the model that was supposed to compete with the Porsche 911. Four seater, V6 engine at the rear, insane styling with Marcelo Gandini's touch. So cool.
Thank you
The i in Alpine is pronounced like the double E in street, instead of the the i in right.
The first one is far from stock, besides the engine swap. It has a widened track and has been lowered. I doubt the suspension geometry is stock, it must've had a lot of work done.
6:04 It's a light for the navigator. It has been equipped to race, hence the dual chronometers. The was designed to be a race car. It has a composite monocoque design, which was rare at the time, if not unique. I'm not sure. The original engine made 80 hp, which the restorer mentions as he shows the engine (quatre-vingt chevaux). It is rear-rengined like a Porsche.
Alpine is kind of the tuner house for Renault. Renault renamed their F1 team to Alpine after the cost cap came into effect.
If you want discover another iconic old french car, Have a look on Renault 5 Turbo (there's also a Turbo 2). I have one since 30years, it's just a crazy small car ! A real bomb ! Small, light, with a marvelous engine. Have a look, you're gonna be surprised. And this is a classic car used in a lot of rallys.
Sorry for my "frenchglish" 😉🇨🇵
Id love to see a reaction to the classic mini
My vw scirocco 210 bhp standard I've tunned it 380 bhp , shh still keeps the powers down but go through front tyres every 6 months less sometimes. .
... heated seats and of course, refreshing seats with cold air coming from the bottom and the back
When you wanna check out more Renault, take a look at the Renault 5 GT Turbo, the Clio Williams or the Ralley Versions of Clio or Megané.
Beautifull 110..... But.... again...
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Do you know about the Britten V1000? A hand built motorcycle born in New Zealand, I'd enjoy you reacting to that thing. Great story, and an insane vehicle.
French cars are maybe not the most reliable (although Renault Vans turned out to be one of the most reliable) but they are ingenious and innovative. If you look at cars like Panhard Dyna, you'd be amazed how clever and ahead of their time they were. The French are the bosses in building tiny compact cars.
A COWORKER OF MINE HAD ONE , AWSOME TO GO IN WAS DIFFICULT ALSO TO HO OUT 10MILLIMETER OF THE TAR
You will like to check about Lancia Fulvia HF from about the same years.
Me and my colleagues. Went from Soest, Netherlands. For a company outing. To Disneyland Paris. 4 days with our partners and children. For the company's 10th anniversary. We drove on the right on the A1 toll route to Paris. An old Renault 19 Alpine drives next to us in the left lane! Tapping his forehead with his index finger. We drive 160 or 170 km/h. What does that man want? Release the gas and press it full again. 234 km/h. Never seen again. VW Transport VR6 3.2 . gasoline. I also had an Opel Vectra 2.5 v6. It was olso limited to 250 km/h. From 1996. And the VW Transport VR6 van 1994.
There is a Soest in the Netherlands, too?
Never seen a Stratos on the road in my life, but they have to build some for the road to get into rally competition. At least 100 must exist (or existed). Never ever have I seen one even in other countries
I've seen some Stratos in car shows but never on the road either...