The Alpine A110 is one of Europe's most attractive classic sports cars, but unfortunately rare and very expensive. Alpine proved that fast sports cars are not only about raw engine power, but also low weight and good handling.
What makes the A110 so special?
Alpine was originally an independent sports car brand, but is today part of the Renault group. The A110 was produced between 1963 and 1977. It is built with fiberglass bodywork on a tubular frame, originally with mechanics from the Renault 8. Low weight, sophisticated chassis, small trimmed engines with – for its time – high performance. These are cars that belong on winding mountain roads in the Alps and Pyrenees. They run well, sound well and - not least - look fantastic - in all their simplicity. They are relatively rare. If you want to buy a well-maintained A110, you will have to fork out between NOK 700 and NOK 000 million.
Model history
Today, Alpine is part of the Renault group. But originally it was founded by Jean Redele who had a good knowledge of Renault since his father ran a large car dealership for Renault. Young Jean combined work and leisure in his father's company. He eagerly participated in car races with his Renault and understood the requirements that had to be placed on a good sports car. When he had to build his own cars, it was therefore natural to base himself on Renault's parts warehouse. The cars were based on contemporary Renault models such as Renault 4CV – Alpine A106, Renault Dauphine – Alpine A108 and Renault 8 – Alpine A110. In the series of models mentioned, it is safe to say that the A110 was the biggest success. Eventually, Alpine sourced engines from, among other things, the 12 TS and 16 TX. Production of the A110 ended in 1977.
Alpine was also built under license outside France, namely FASA in Spain and Bulgar-Alpin in Bulgaria.
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About the pictures
The pictures of the blue A110 at dusk were taken at the start of Rally Tramontagne – a night rally for classic cars in France. The yellow car with French registration number has been photographed at several car meetings in Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The yellow car with Norwegian registration number participated in the Norwegian Sports Car Club's spring mustering at Øvrevoll gallop 2026. There are currently 14 Alpine A110s in the Norwegian vehicle registry. The British-registered blue car has been photographed at London Concours in 2019. The blue show car with fender flares and a roll cage was photographed at the 2023 London Classic Car Show on Alpine's stand. The red car is a FASA 1300 – built under license in Spain. This car ended up with a French collector and was sold by a French auction house. The asking price was €73,000 which was slightly below the estimate. The mileage on this car was approximately 32000 km.
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