Alpine A310

The Alpine A310 is a sports car built by Alpine from 1971 to 1984 and was the last Alpine model conceived by the founder Jean Rédélé. It was first shown at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show with a four-cylinder engine derived from the Renault 16 and 17, in a fibreglass body on a tubular steel backbone chassis with the engine mounted longitudinally at the rear. Rédélé wanted a second model with wider appeal than the A110, one that could compete with the Porsche 911. In 1976 the car was restyled by Robert Opron and given the 2664 cc PRV V6, which produced 150 PS and a top speed of about 220 km/h, and later cars shared the rear suspension of the Renault 5 Turbo and could be had with a Pack GT bodykit. Sales were mostly in France, and Guy Fréquelin won the 1977 French Rally Championship in an A310 V6.