Cult French sportscar brand Alpine is using the 2017 Retromobile to preview its much-anticipated new mid-engined sports coupe - due to debut later this year – with a ‘sneak preview’ of its Vision concept car, first seen at last year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed.
FEB 13th 2017
Alpine puts its illustrious history on display at Retromobile
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Supporting the Vision on Alpine’s impressive Retromobile stand is an example of each of the Dieppe-based marque’s sporting model, all presented in gleaming white, ranging from the first – the Renault 4CV-based A106 ‘Coach’ of 1955, right through to the final production Alpine, the capable but poor-selling A610 of 1991.
These two bookends of Alpine’s history are joined by a late 1950’s A108, shown at Retromobile in rare Cabriolet form, plus the inevitable A110 Berlinette – the iconic World Rally Championship-winning Alpine, guaranteed to set the pulse of every French car enthusiast racing – plus a trio of the later ‘drop snoot’ models, the A310 of 1972, a 1985 GTA, plus that model’s successor, the A610.
With such a strong build-up, we can’t wait to see the launch of Renault’s actual production version of the Vision concept - rumoured to be tagged as the Alpine A120 – later this year.
Photography by Tom Shaxson
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