1972 Renault-Alpine A110 1600S: Fetching, Ferocious, French

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By the end of the very first official season of the World Rally Championship in 1973, Renault-Alpine emerged victorious, with the extremely light and lithe A110 helping to take the honors back to Dieppe, where the Alpine story can be followed back to the 1950s and the tuning efforts of Jean Rédélé.
Rédélé’s ability to coax performance from Renault’s 4CV caught the marque’s attention, and they were quick to support the young Frenchman’s ambitions to build his own car. With powertrains supplied by Renault, Rédélé started the lineage that would eventually include the WRC-winning A110. The early A106s and A108s were competent machines, but the A110 was a revolutionary step for Alpine.
By the time the A110 had evolved into the 1600S version, the fiberglass-clad chassis was powered by a rear-mounted aluminum four-cylinder fed by twin Weber 45 carbs, producing nearly 140 horsepower. Not a prodigious amount of ponies to be sure, but considering the cars weighed less than 700kg (~1543lbs), it was enough to make the nimble short-wheelbase car a championship winner.
In this week’s film we join our host Sam Hancock as he takes the road-going version of the rally legend out for some exercise on the type of road this car was born for.
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@colinvannurden3090 3 жыл бұрын

Dude says 'it's just so small'.... Then he crawls out of it lol, holy shit that is small...

@AxLWake 3 жыл бұрын

Yes it is super tiny. You have to see one in person to understand the proportions of the car. And it is a real rallye beast.

@flipflop7577 3 жыл бұрын

When you think a miata is tight. Try to get in one of these...you wear them like an aerobic suit

@B4R0N. 3 жыл бұрын

They really are surprisingly small when you see them in person. Like, madly so.

@teedot1186 3 жыл бұрын

I said the same thing.. Lol

@robertrishel3685 3 жыл бұрын

I began to hear that circus song in my head...da..da..dada

@MsMiguelibarra 3 жыл бұрын

For me one of the most beautiful cars of all time!

@andychallis9044 Жыл бұрын

You are not alone miguel

@theserpent1893 3 жыл бұрын

Did anyone else freak out when he stood next to the car for the first time

@AxLWake 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone who saw these cars in person is not surprised. But yes, it is really small. And it is mad to think about how such a tiny thing dominated rallye competition...

@101Supercritic 3 жыл бұрын

I freaked out when he said Al-PEENE instead of Al-PINE

@AxLWake 3 жыл бұрын

@@101Supercritic Well it is French. It's NOT supposed to be pronounced Al-pine (like a pine tree)...

@Mr.Marbles 3 жыл бұрын

Axel Reunis well the mini did it too and now the rally cars are also pretty small cars like polos and fiestas.

@gsd4me00 3 жыл бұрын

@@Mr.Marbles. I was thinking during the video that it would have been nice to have the 110 and a (proper) Mini together for size comparison.

@TheMashto 3 жыл бұрын

That final shot, absolutely breathtaking!

@dancinglizard3080 3 жыл бұрын

this car is an ant compared to every other car on the road. Such beautiful and delicate lines.

@TheAdam92ea 3 жыл бұрын

You mean art?

@jakekaywell5972 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheAdam92ea It's also an ant. Positively tiny. Not that that makes it inherently bad.

@dancinglizard3080 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheAdam92ea its not only an ant, its a piece of historical masterpiece. Its a one of a kind car that cannot be replicated in any way. Its the game changer in my opinion. Very unique..

@johnhpianoman 3 жыл бұрын

Just to be clear I'm not comparing this car to the mg midget in any way (!) but I own a midget, which is close enough the exact same size to this and I really think that smallness is an underrated facet in driving enjoyment. The road is relatively so much wider and the sense of speed so much more exaggerated.

@jakekaywell5972 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnhpianoman Totally. The car I learned to drive a stick in was a 1979 Midget. It was really a street legal go-kart. So much fun to wring out what little power it had on the twisties! While my first car is now a 1962 Studebaker GT Hawk, which is a totally different creature, it is still fairly nimble and has a stick as well.

@gte7362 2 жыл бұрын

This car is a legend here in Brazil, its name is a tribute to the Interlagos circuit and it was a big winner of the races here in Brazil: 500 miles from Porto Alegre in 1963, 500 km from Interlargos and 200 km from Montevideo in 1964 In 1967 one can hear the adaptation of the car called the bino mark, with a more evolved design and better performance, it won the milia interlagos mile in 1967. It had several bino marks: I and II. He had big names in Brazilian motorsport at the wheel, like the brother of two-time formula 1 champion Emerson Fittipaldi, Wilson Fittipaldi. (I used the google translator.)

@GRG772 Жыл бұрын

The Willys Interlagos is actually an A108 not the A110, but it is, indeed, a legend!

@viniciusnotharangeli5328 3 жыл бұрын

1.6 naturally aspirated and carburated engine with 130 hp is for sure today's standards. Hands down to this engineering!

@Stealth_Rider91 3 жыл бұрын

That is actually INSANE for that car!

@olsonspeed 3 жыл бұрын

The word "small" is an understatement for this beautiful vehicle.

@aaronmachado13 3 жыл бұрын

This is my dream car, I’d sell my left kidney for one. Here in America most people like JDM, European exotics or American muscle cars or trucks but cars like this, triumph Spitfire and cars that were built to be light and flickable are ones that I love. Great video on the Alpine

@nohopeforthekids 3 жыл бұрын

I'm in the same boat, drove a Renault 4cv once and have been enchanted by French cars ever since.

@aaronmachado13 3 жыл бұрын

nohopeforthekids yeah amen to that

@chucku00 3 жыл бұрын

You might find a Dinalpin in Mexico, it can certainly be more affordable than importing an Alpine from Europe.

@aaronmachado13 3 жыл бұрын

@@chucku00 true but is there any real difference between the Alpine and Dinopin?

@chucku00 3 жыл бұрын

@@aaronmachado13 There might be some minor differences on engines. the most important thing for these kind of cars is to have a structurally clean chassis. The polyester bodywork is thinner and sealed to the chassis on the Alpine and bolted on the Dinalpin. For spare parts, it's always better to look for Renault 8 or 12 ones because when they are the same than the A110 they always are more affordable. forum.alpinerenault.com/viewtopic.php?t=23926#:~:text=Une%20diff%C3%A9rence%20concr%C3%A8te%20est%20l,beaucoup%20sur%20une%20caisse%20l%C3%A9g%C3%A8re. You can also check the Petrolicious video about an American guy who bought and restored a Dinalpin : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eZN1iL1jyLKyaWQ.html

@tylerthielmann227 3 жыл бұрын

For the last time, this content was all filmed before the new owners! They are releasing previous paid content as I am sure it has been difficult to get going with COVID going on.

@dimi911 3 жыл бұрын

One of France's all time greats!

@fjahnhogler 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic, once again. Love the shots and the passion in the presenter. A guy smiling whilst driving is always great!

@johnnichols9056 3 жыл бұрын

That smile says it all.

@caderampley825 3 жыл бұрын

Can we get a pure driving video with this car? On second thought, can we get a pure driving video on every car Petrolicious films?

@Mrdrivereight 3 жыл бұрын

There's already two videos about this car on the channel. Check out the one that says you don't drive an a110 you wear it. Or something like that.

@thomaselliott573 3 жыл бұрын

They are all about hype and marketing themselves. This guy is a raving tool head, and despite all the stylized superlatives, is far more obsessed with himself than the car. Their is a difference which these shallow people do not comprehend. Thankfully, that difference is still a great memory.

@pauloavg2410 3 жыл бұрын

@@thomaselliott573 marketing about what ? Why interrested in himself ? What superlatives ?

@Whiters8 3 жыл бұрын

@@thomaselliott573 Rubbish. Different type of video, yes, but this guy knows how to drive (Google him) and the documentary style, infectious enthusiasm and beautiful filming mean it’s still a quality product.

@thomaselliott573 3 жыл бұрын

@@Whiters8 Garbage

@SauravMitracarfreakiittm 3 жыл бұрын

"the car was so light that a sudden gust of wind could have dented its body" Just a say though, but the Renault Alpine A110 truly was a special car. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️Love❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@GeorgesMiniatureCars 3 жыл бұрын

This is a car you just gotta love! It's got everything going for it. A unique beautiful design, great stance and a fantastic sound from the exhaust.

@RubyMarkLindMilly 3 жыл бұрын

No way how amazingly small but how incredibly cool and beautiful a legend no doubt

@AaronSpielman 3 жыл бұрын

The A110 is one of my favorite cars of all time.

@AxLWake 3 жыл бұрын

They are incredibly cool. Unfortunately they are also insanely expensive now. Not so long ago, they were so cheap...

@kevinnorwood7355 3 жыл бұрын

I first remember seeing this car in R&T magazine when I was a teenager and it was by far one of the most beautiful cars I’ve ever seen. Some 30 plus years later it still stands true. You touched on something I’ve preached about for years power isn’t everything because unless your on a track you can’t use all that power on a public road. I drive a 115 horsepower Vw Golf with a five speed manual and the gearing is so tight I’m always making power. Today we have cars like the BRZ/Miata that prove just that.

@tedt7991 3 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest cars ever, revolutionary, very underrated no doubt.

@pilou827 3 жыл бұрын

Considering its current value, I think we can say that it is no longer underrated 😉

@ahmedmahdi1908 3 жыл бұрын

Wow.I've always had a soft spot for Alpines.I think this type of cars are very emotional.Love it.

@neilleigh1897 3 жыл бұрын

THIS IS WHAT A PROPER MOTORING PROGRAM SHOULD LIKE, CONGRATULATIONS!

@Inazuma68 3 жыл бұрын

Just seen one yesterday in a classic garage. What a wonderful machine 🙌

@Bangkok-ik1fp 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect setting for the car. Many Americans just can't appreciate the contributions made by marques like Renault, Peugeot or Citroen. Beautiful driver's car!

@BakedTuber 3 жыл бұрын

He must be a very very tall man. He MUST be. I can't stop looking at how small that car is. It's like a child's car.

@CyrusdVulture 3 жыл бұрын

I truly truly love this car. What a fantastic little blighter.

@Mrdrivereight 3 жыл бұрын

72 a110 is my dream car... In blue though 😍

@Yahniboy 3 жыл бұрын

The red looks good though

@davidlabbe1411 3 жыл бұрын

As I know now that you didn't slide on black ice and hit the wall with this tiny beauty, I will watch it a second time to really enjoy ! Great video.

@frankp6477 3 жыл бұрын

one of the greatest cars (none Italian) of the seventies / early sixties

@1183newman 3 жыл бұрын

Lotus helped Alpine. After the Le Mans conspiracy of 1963 in which the Lotus 23b was banned from racing that year, Lotus believed the french racing team Bonnet was behind it. Alpine being a direct rival to Bonnet, Chapman agreed to have some of the Lotus engineers help Alpine to develop a car that would embarrass Bonnet and win the Index of Thermal Efficiency at Lemans. With inspiration from the Lotus 23, Bob Dance, Keith Duckworth and Len Terry developed a 2 seater racing prototype based on the Lotus 23. With the help of Alpine this would become the Alpine m64 and Alpine m65. In 1964 Alpine beat Rene Bonnet and won the Index of Thermal Efficiency and went on to become the premier French racing car manufacturer.

@bussnr1 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks sam, nice reading👍🏻

@PiDsPagePrototypes 3 жыл бұрын

Can you cite a source for that Sam - might make an interesting read, never heard about it before.

@pilou827 3 жыл бұрын

@@PiDsPagePrototypes To say that Lotus helped Alpine beat Rene Bonnet may be an overstatement: Here is an article that talks about Lotus' help in designing the M63: Help is not obvious .. fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_M63

@PiDsPagePrototypes 3 жыл бұрын

@@pilou827 Overstatement indeed, that article says Chapman refused, and then a bloke with ties to Lotus, ERA, BRM and Aston Martin stepped in.

@PiDsPagePrototypes 2 жыл бұрын

@GastonJ That Lotus was involved? I agree there. Definitely reads like others were hired, and popular misconception has it that they were 'from' Lotus, rather then being freelance engineers who worked for many teams and manufacturers.

@NoName-bh9vk 3 жыл бұрын

Great car, great narration. I really enjoyed the past 11 minutes.

@dimitriosalexopoulos168 3 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this video. The videography was excellent as well as the presenter. Oh, great location. Keep up the good work.

@nnoddy8161 3 жыл бұрын

Best dash layout in the business.

@alexlamas6324 3 жыл бұрын

Finally this video doesn't have constant music over the sounds of the engines, the old video did that and it drove everyone nuts. They have the music in the appropriate places and you can hear the engine notes.

@seankeef9838 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent work Sam.

@Wobsmangbaffler 3 жыл бұрын

Format is getting better... but the driving cuts at the end would've been great with just car noises, and maybe a microphone in the engine bay or near exhaust

@josuedavid6584 3 жыл бұрын

beautiful work guys, top automotive content.

@rdefabri 2 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful car, I have always wanted one of these!!

@pilou827 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect movie (interesting comments and nice pictures) as usual with Petrolicious: Thanks you very much for this tribute to the Berlinette 1600S

@chucku00 3 жыл бұрын

Chappe & Gessalin, who made the bodywork for the first Alpine A106, then the A108 and the GT4, are often forgotten in the Alpine saga. They also built their own sports coupés, the CG 1000, 1200 & 1300. Marc Mignotet, who was Alpine in-house "sorcier", also helped to develop Gordini engine bases for competition cars.

@michaelm2502 3 жыл бұрын

The roofline is so low! Like a Lotus Europa. You are almost lying down when you drive these cars. So fun and so visceral. A golden era of sports cars that you could basically drive home from the dealership, then go rallying on the weekend. Fantastic!

@Supercruze 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful car. Well narrated history lesson.

@justdriveit7434 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing!!!great great great job!!!

@kentbergstrom3020 3 жыл бұрын

One of my dream cars.

@reitsmaassociates 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, great review, the original is so tiny. I remember as a small child in the 1970s, the A110 on the pages of my car books winning, Just about to take delivery of one the new A110’s - can’t wait, putting the little kid back into motoring.

@MindDezign 3 жыл бұрын

Funny I clicked thinking it was a video I missed, but soon as I say the puffy jacket ,I remembered I had ! Still a great car and a good video!

@doguecreek 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful car, beautiful drive. I've known about the A110 for quite some time, but somehow didn't realize just *how* small they are (never seen one in person). That's quite a bit of camber on the rear, too.

@frankp6477 3 жыл бұрын

fantastic footage too

@robertrishel3685 3 жыл бұрын

My three favorite classic cars are all rear engined and oh so timelessly pretty: the Chevrolet Corvair; Porsche 911; and the Alpine. I would most love to own the Alpine, in rally spec😍

@johnpauladams3417 3 жыл бұрын

Can't get over how cool this car is

@flynnparish9833 2 жыл бұрын

This channel has pretty epic soundtracks with the car reviews.

@birdsarcasm 3 жыл бұрын

every frame is perfect.

@1BCamden 3 жыл бұрын

Great overview of a great car

@iamthesic8 3 жыл бұрын

simply amazing, i'm so happy for alpine returning to lmp1 and making its debut in F1 (although, apline developed the first renault rs01, renault just rebranded the car)

@yoboogieman 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful lines

@rodrigogutierrezreyes4702 3 жыл бұрын

I like this format and it definitely is getting better. We all miss the old, owner story on the car, but this is different. This is basically an article on the car, but in video format. Keep it coming I still like your videos. A combination of both would also be great. Have sone videos in this format and some on the old, owner perspective format

@manuel-xax 3 жыл бұрын

Superb tribute

@swiper1818 3 жыл бұрын

Superb👍

@Ashfielder 3 жыл бұрын

Until you crawled out of that car I really had no idea just how tiny it really is.

@tednruth453 Жыл бұрын

Tremendous automobiles from a visionary.

@sebmx5708 3 жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥 The A110 in its element 🏔️

@Fantabiscuit 3 жыл бұрын

Fkn great looking car in and out

@ronniejaye1 3 жыл бұрын

It's like the first time I stood beside the original nsx . It was so low I almost had to kneel just to look in the window. So different than everything I'd imagined.

@louisgz1 3 жыл бұрын

Sam's cadence and presentation pays homage to the great Alain de Cadenet.....well done!

@zrbana Жыл бұрын

Smile on the face of this reporter is telling so much . He don't need to talk :)

@chriztownley9335 7 ай бұрын

Wow its older than i am,, stopped production when i was born in 1977...started around 1963

@ndsubisonfan 3 жыл бұрын

Never knew anything about that car until I got one in Forza. Tried it out and thought, holy shit this thing's great!

@MindDezign 3 жыл бұрын

Just watched again your enthusiasm is always high for great cars. I applaud that. And you do look like "ELF" in Santa's toy car. I'm surprised you can get in at all. Looks about the size of a first series Lotus Elan

@T-o-m-s 3 жыл бұрын

Can't we have the old format back? The essence and the originality of Petrolicious was the connection and stories between the owners and there cars. I can understand that the new owners don't have the same ideas and maybe have different connection in the world of cars than the founder and change is not always bad but I'm maybe harsh but this person is boring. Good racing driver and excellent knowledge of the historic scene (he is very good at that) don't make you a good story teller... I understand it's a business but try to stick a little to the roots of the company and be original and creative otherwise it's gonna be hard, there is tons of boring car reviews channel with big budget videos on KZfaq don't become one of them. Hope you will be suceesfull and listen a little bit to us little keyboard fan, cheers, a fellow petrolhead !

@natejohnson6269 3 жыл бұрын

They're working on it. The original CEO was ousted, and they're releasing their paid series as a stopgap until they have new content. I'm certain we'll get back to the original format soon.

@ZoltarSoulFunk 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know man, this guy knows his stuff, and the videos are still very well done. While the previous format did give you that connection of the owners time with the vehicle, a few too many of those owners were quite frankly, unlikeable, pretentious, hipster wankers.

@alfamonk 3 жыл бұрын

@@ZoltarSoulFunk i agree, occasionally it would work really well, often quite pretentious. I'm not a huge fan of this dude, who gets super excited very easily, but it's the photography and cars that keep me coming back to Petrolicious

@EmilehUnk 3 жыл бұрын

TomS' I like both formats. A mix/variation between the two formats is what I would prefer.

@alexlamas6324 3 жыл бұрын

At least this video doesn't have constant music over the sounds of the engines. The old video did that and it drove everyone nuts. They finally have the music in the appropriate places and you can hear the engine notes.

@justins21482 3 жыл бұрын

I have always been a fan of extremely small cars. Not comical small of course but I enjoy small cars. This is everything I love about the miata and yet even smaller

@lancelaprarie6128 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely gorgeous car

@cesarocon3401 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite formats: 1) Made to Drive. 2) Master Mechanics 3) Morning Coffee 4) Homologation Specials

@erwinamesz7642 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite car ever!!!

@jabiqq 3 жыл бұрын

A masterpiece.

@AlCasa52 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing tops the old petrolicious videos

@EliteRock 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video, definitely a car that was widely under-appreciated to the point of being almost forgotten, but this demonstrates that it was the product of pure passion with a good dose of near-genius inventiveness. Even I had no idea that the late versions could be so quick, and this one sounds like it would easily compete with a contemporary Lotus Elan. A direct comparison would be very interesting (hint hint).

@armotia9875 2 жыл бұрын

I think this car was faster than Lotus Elan, IMHO

@JohnBarrow1961 3 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous car.

@HeliRy 3 жыл бұрын

Gawd damn. Takes effort to make a Ginetta G4 look large in comparison ❤️

@xxxbbbqqq 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome.

@joeblow6852 3 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite car

@cornerstoneboxingpromotion3120 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't realise they were so small!

@simonthery1167 3 жыл бұрын

magnifique !!!

@tikkathreebarrels 3 жыл бұрын

Six hundred and ninety-five kilos.... it's like half an ordinary car! Nowadays we whoop it up at the prospect of getting near 1000Kg. Sublime.

@Rob901 3 жыл бұрын

Great car . unique

@sebestiantan1 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful 💖

@fidelcastro9579 3 жыл бұрын

Sublime. 👌

@Jaceluyah442 3 жыл бұрын

I always thought these cars were beautiful now I realized this car is even more of a dream car cause I’d never be able to fit in it

@horacioar3277 3 жыл бұрын

Love the Sam Hancock videos, keep up the good work!

@thejackman82 3 жыл бұрын

Does actually people realise that is nearly impossible to film the old format at the moment due to stupid covid It still nice videos to watch and its better then not posting anything at all

@bruh-uy3vn 3 жыл бұрын

Holy shit that things TINY

@storskegg 3 жыл бұрын

This would be a fun drive on the Lolo Pass between Montana and Idaho

@richardvandervoort 3 жыл бұрын

A lovely car

@goldstein47 3 жыл бұрын

Guys, Looks like they will only listen when we will mass dislike these new format videos. We were only attracted to this channel because of the format, now that you have taken it away we don't see anything special in this channel. It's all out there beautiful cars, a knowledgeable reviewer, awesome locations but what you are missing is the story. The story of the owner of the car was what made this channel special. If we wanted to know the history or specs of the car we have a plethora of channels like Doug DeMuro for an example. He has his own format, he turns the car upside down and shows us what does the car consist of a whole. You were made on stories of the real owners, not reviewer, I don't want a great format to be washed down into a generic TV series. This is bad for us, your viewers, and for you as well. I hope maybe you look a little bit into the comments and you will find answers. My suggestion: "If you really want a face for this channel, like this reviewer, make him/her sit with the owner and let them narrate the stories and maybe input some history and specs from your representation. And show us how the actual owner drives it/care for it, like this channel used to." This reviewer is okay but it doesn't feel like Petrolicious we know, it's more like a BBC channel or something

@alfamonk 3 жыл бұрын

Your opinion man.

@furripupau 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, hope you get your money back dude.

@ikBONK 3 жыл бұрын

To be fair I would love to abstain from a general opinion of the car and much rather hear about how the owner has found, bonded and has taken care of his prized possession

@cyborg7116 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful car, even though it looks even more stunning (if that's possible) in french blue.

@Yahniboy 2 жыл бұрын

I prefer it in this color myself

@nickrusswales 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful car and filmed in stunning surroundings. I sat in the 2022 Alpine A110 today and it reignited my enthusiasm for the original. I'm lucky to own a Lotus Elan +2 and see a lot of similarity in some of the angles. I laughed out loud when he got out and the car literally became "knee high to a grasshopper". How tall is this presenter!?

@dizzyrider3883 3 жыл бұрын

In my top ten of best petrolicious videos.

@stephans1990 3 жыл бұрын

I recall seeing a similar car drive on the high way in front of a truck. For a moment I genuinely believed someone was driving in a toy car on the high way!

@robertd4468 3 жыл бұрын

That's a sexy looking Mini Copper. :)

@IamJDMable 3 жыл бұрын

This guy grows on me more and more each episode, love the new format, as well as the mechanic stories too! This is definitely my favorite of the newer videos.