Renault Alpine GTA/A610

The Renault Alpine GTA and its successor the A610 form a sports coupe made by the Renault-owned French manufacturer Alpine from late 1984 to 1995. GTA stood for Grand Tourisme Alpine, but in Europe the car was sold as the Alpine V6 GT or V6 Turbo, and in Britain as the Renault GTA. It replaced the slow-selling Alpine A310, with which it shared its rear-engined layout and V6 PRV engine, and it was the first Alpine built entirely by Renault. The body was moulded from many small polyester panels on a central backbone chassis, and the naturally aspirated V6 GT reached a drag coefficient of 0.28. The V6 Turbo of 1985 used a 2.5 litre turbocharged engine and could reach 240 km/h, and a limited Le Mans edition followed in 1990. The A610 replaced the GTA in 1991 with a similar appearance but a largely different car beneath.