The Renault Alpine A310 arrived in the 1970s with a clear mission: to give France its own answer to the rear engined sports cars that dominated both showrooms and rally stages. By 1977, the V6 version ...

In 1971, the Alpine A310 sports car landed on showroom floors. The new coupe, gunning for the likes of Porsche's 911 and Ford's Mustang, turned out to be a disaster. Based on a tubular steel chassis ...

Alpine was founded in Dieppe, France, in 1954 by Renault tuner Jean Redele, who had turned out 4CVs for such events as the Mille Miglia, Coupe des Alpes and Le Mans. Racing success led to the ...

Let's start with a few basic facts about Misato's car. Its appearance in the first episode gives us some details, starting with one interesting one: It's electric. There's some more information this ...

After military service a career as war correspondent was on the cards. But then an exclusive bursar programme in automotive journalism came 'a-knockin' - and so a 26-year journey spanning newspapers, ...