The Renault Alpine A310 arrived in the 1970s with a clear mission: to give France its own answer to the rear engined sports cars that dominated both showrooms and rally stages. By 1977, the V6 version ...

Alpine was founded in Dieppe, France, in 1954 by Renault tuner Jean Redele, who had turned out 4CVs for such events as the Mille Miglia, Coupe des Alpes and Le Mans. Racing success led to the ...

While the A310 wasn't as successful as its WRC-winning predecessor, in high-performance, V6-powered guise, it managed to become a thrilling sports car that many enthusiasts saw as a more sophisticated ...

After military service a career as war correspondent was on the cards. But then an exclusive bursar programme in automotive journalism came 'a-knockin' - and so a 26-year journey spanning newspapers, ...

In name and shape the current Alpine A110 borrows from the company’s best known car. But the original A110 from the 1960s and ’70s isn’t the firm’s only sports car worth talking about. You might have ...