When I was a kid, whenever I heard San Remo, my tone-deaf mind immediately tuned to the musical notes of the iconic Music Festival. Which, by the way, in unrelated news to our ‘San Remo 73’ case, this ...
Presented at the Paris Auto Show in 1963, Jean Redele unveiled the Alpine A110 after his prior successes with the A106 and A108. The A110 was a true departure for the company as styling was largely ...
French sports cars don’t get much more iconic than the original Alpine A110 and a particularly pristine example is currently up for auction in Italy. This particular A110 is a 1600S model and was ...
Alpine is tirelessly working on its EV-only future but that doesn’t mean it has forgotten the current A110. The mid-engined sportscar just got yet another special edition called San Remo 73, which ...
Say the word “French,” and most Americans think of wine, fashion, pastry, and perfume. Cars, not so much, which is a shame, considering the history of the French automobile is as compelling a story as ...
When Americans think of Renault, they either remember the bargain, late-’70s, French econobox known as Le Car (or Renault 5 in Europe), or they draw a complete blank. The States, unfortunately, have ...
You wouldn’t know it by looking at it but the original Alpine A110 won quite a few races as a rally car back in the ’70s, even becoming the Constructors’ champion for the World Rally Championship’s ...
Between 1955 and 1995, the Alpine marque manufactured a lot of quirky sports cars using rear-mounted Renault engines, but enthusiasts regard the A110 as being the Magnum Opus of the brand. Built in ...
Cars are Andrew's jam, as is strawberry. After spending years as a regular ol' car fanatic, he started working his way through the echelons of the automotive industry, starting out as social-media ...
A prototype for Alpine’s next A110 breaks cover at Goodwood, previewing a wider, fully electric sports car aimed straight at ...
Alpine was founded in 1955 in Dieppe, a town in northern Normandy, and the marque, now under ownership of Renault, still produces cars today, including the modern Alpine A110, which would not exist if ...