Renault Alpine GTA V6 turbo

There used to be a white one floating around bray havnt seen it in a long time. Nice cars starting to get very rare now.

At the time one of my favourite cars

Have only ever seen one here. You'd still see them occasionaly on the continent

I think most of the Alpines sold were the non-turbo. 0-62 in 8 seconds and top speed of 145mph from a 160bhp engine is mighty decent alright

A basic '90 944 and a '90 non-turbo 300 ZX have pretty much the same performance figures. The Porsche and the Renault were about the same price, The Nissan was a helluva lot cheaper

Which makes one question the value for money of the Renault at the time really...

BrianD3 wrote:

Alpine GTA turbo - 29995 stg
Nissan 300ZX - 34499 stg
Porsche 944 S2 - 35682 stg

That sure makes the Alpine good value

Just found another test (again non turbos and beware tis in German) probably from the early 80s
here between the 944, the A310 and the Alfa Romeo GTV 2.5 V6. No clear winner, 0-62mph pretty much the same and highest topspeed for the 944. The testers liked the Alpine though and found it the sportiest of the three. The Porsche was the better allrounder

Pricing again is not in favour of the Alpine with the Alfa at €17k, the Porsche at €20k and the Renault at €21k

These are very cool cars.

I believe they were made by Matra for Renault and they use the usual Matra trick of light body on very rigid skeleton (Unitary construction, I think it's called). Similar designs are the Rover P6, Citroën DS, early Studebakers and Tatras (Budd and Ledwinka came up with the method in the 20s). And of course the late, much lamented Avantime. Well lamented by me anyway.

Here's some for sale
http://www.europexpo.com/fr/4/48/400783/fiche.htm
http://www.novaweb.fr/detail.php?id=126229 - looks like a GT
http://www.novaweb.fr/detail.php?id=125490 - a Turbo
http://www.novaweb.fr/detail.php?id=124934

Hi,

Just browsing through an interest in all things Renault including GTA’s/Alpines and came across this thread. It is old I know but this may interest GTA enthusiasts. With regard to the integrity of the crashworthiness of such cars, the GTA was particularly robust. Contrary to believe and misconceptions about the strength of glass fibre based structures they were actually quite safe in an accident and energy absorbent whereas rigid steel panelled cars of the era were more inclined to fold with high impact shock and damage experienced.

I once overheard a comment from a GTA admirer with regard to what they thought as dangerous in relation to the location of the fuel tank.A little discerning for most, right upfront offset to the passenger side in the front compartment area where most cars have engines! The first casualty you would imagine in the event of an accident with serious consequences. The tank itself came direct from Formula 1 Technology through Renaults racing experience and Renault assured at the time that it was capable of withstanding high impact forces much to the dismay of most.

I seen that very same car after a serious accident and the only part left intact up to the Driver/Passenger compartment was the fuel tank nicely perched up on the struts only held on by the fuel lines.. Even back then Renaults made safer cars….. It sort of puts the car into perspective when you consider that the super cars as they are known such as Lotus and Lamborghini have a tendency to light up on occasions in traffic!.. Pricey at the time of around 50000 punts, the GTA was a fantastic car and still has super car looks to many..

Years back a friend of mine arrived home from UK for a week with one, blinding power! Supposedly the electrics were a nightmare, now same guy would not know what a fuse looks like so don't know how reliable...

ah Lad in my job has one. I did take some pics of it cant find them right now but will post them up later if I can find them.