Alpine Z11 Berlinette

The Alpine Z11 Berlinette was a Renault concept car of 1999 that was meant to revive the Alpine Berlinette name and was shelved before the public ever saw it. Renault designers drew it as a modern successor to the 1963 Alpine A110, with a compact cab-forward shape, a very short bonnet, a roomy cabin and four doors, the small rear ones hinged at the rear and with no central pillar so that luggage space behind the seats could be reached easily. The body was built in Turin by the model maker G Studio from a full-size plaster model, and the finished car was delivered in early June 1999. Renault first planned to show it at the Paris Salon of 2000, then moved the launch to Geneva in March 2001, with a production car meant for the 2002 Paris Motor Show and engineered with Lotus in Norfolk, England. The project was cancelled and the car never reached production. The sources disagree on some details, so no dimensions are given here, and none of the pages read states an engine.