Used Alpine cars
Alpine’s long and fairly complicated history starts with a man called Jean Rédélé, whose father owned a Renault dealership in Dieppe, northern France – coincidentally where Alpines are still made to this day.
Rédélé loved motorsport, and a string of successes led him to set up his own company, Alpine, in 1955. It was backed by Renault and worked to create innovative but low-cost cars made from as many of Renault’s mass-market parts as possible.
In 1961 the famed (original) Alpine A110 was introduced and it soon became a motorsport icon in rallying. In 1973 Renault took a 70 per cent stake in the company to save it from collapse, while Alpine’s motorsport division was replaced by Renault Sport. The first era of Alpine came to an end in 1995 but two decades later it was revived – with the new A110 being unveiled at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show.
This would be the first Alpine officially sold in Britain as the firm had previously focused on its French home market, with the quirky but sporty A110 arriving in 2018. Various versions have followed, from purer versions through to the track-ready A110 R. Alpine has now committed to growth, with three EVs – a hot hatch, crossover-GT and electric replacement for the A110 – all confirmed.
