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1967 Renault Dauphine Gordini W
The Alpine A220 is a prototype that participated in races in 1968 and 1969. The three Vialle automobiles additionally competed within the French spherical at Lohéac. Though reference is made to 100 or so heads produced for homologation, it's certain that only a few full engines were assembled, maybe 20 at most. This engine would provide the basis for the turbo Renault F1, and sports activities racing engines. His first mannequin was the A106 launched in 1955, this was adopted by the A108, the primary to make use of a spine chassis, and forerunner of probably the most famous of Redele's automobiles the A110 Berlinette”.
However in actuality, Smith is confronted with the convergence of three automotive producers and one hungry-for-publicity oil company, and the story, which entails sports activities automobile racing, rallying, Formula 3 and sports prototypes, begins within the early Fifties. 1 He did not realise that in England the previous year, Sunbeam had introduced a sports activities coupe derived from the Sunbeam Talbot and known as the " Sunbeam Alpine ". This naming subject was to trigger issues for Alpine throughout its history.
Launched in 1961 the A110, like previous highway-going Alpines, used many Renault elements, including engines. By this time the competitors automobiles g-forums were fitted with 1440 cc engines derived from the Renault R8 Gordini Competition successes became quite a few, helped since Alpine were the first company fully to use the competition elements homologation rules.
The truth that the 4CV, Renault Dauphine and the Renault eight all used rear mounted engines was the important thing to Jean Redele's designs. To supply a lighter automotive he constructed various particular versions with light-weight aluminium our bodies: he drove in these at Le Mans and Sebring with some success within the early 1950s. After an in depth historical past and outline of the event of the V6 Turbo and chassis, Smith tracks F1 race outcomes from the Renault perspective from 1977-1979 and follows up via 1985 with plenty of technical insights between the chapters on the races.
The subsequent purpose was to win at Le Mans Renault had additionally taken over the Gordini tuning agency and merged the 2 to form Renault Sport A lot of more and more successful sports activities racing vehicles appeared, culminating within the 1978 Le Mans win with the Renault Alpine A442 B. This was fitted with a turbo-charged engine; Alpine had been the first company to run in and win an international rally with a turbo automotive as far back as 1972 when Thérier took a specifically modified A110 to victory on the Critérium des Cévennes.
