Alpine A610

Alpine
	Alpine A610 Turbo (1992)
A610
Production period:	1991-1995
Class :	Sports car
Body versions :	Coupe
Engines:	Otto engine : ; 3.0 liters (184 kW)
Length:	4420 mm
Width:	1770 mm
Height:	1190 mm
Wheelbase :	2340 mm
Empty weight :	1420 kg
Previous model	Alpine V6 GT

The Alpine A610 Turbo is a sports car from the French sports car manufacturer Alpine and was officially only sold as Alpine and not, as is often assumed, as Renault Alpine. The car therefore only bears the Alpine brand emblems ex works.

The vehicle is the successor to the Alpine V6 Turbo model and was built between mid-1991 and the beginning of 1995 in Dieppe, northern France, in a number of 818 units (67 of them right-hand drive).

history

The type designation A610 followed the old tradition of type designations at Alpine again after a brief interruption in the previous models. Visually, the A610 is still very similar to the predecessor models built from 1984 and can be viewed as a further development of the US version from 1987. Technically, however, it was a completely new vehicle. The front of the vehicle was upgraded with a front fog lamp and folding headlights. The engine was a 3.0 liter turbo V6 made of aluminum (related to the PRV engine ) with 184 kW (250 PS). The car was thus around 265 km / h and accelerated from 0 to 100 km / h in 5.7 s. From now on, air conditioning and ABS were standard.

With the A610, the manufacturer attempted to enter the upper-class sports car segment, which raised the new car price for an Alpine A610 to DM 105,000.

Rear view

Over the years there have been some special models of the A610. For example, on the occasion of the Winter Olympics in Albertville, there was a special model named after the venue, which was completely white. Even when the Formula 1 racing team Williams-Renault was very successful in 1992 and 1993 and won the constructors and world championship titles with Nigel Mansell and later Alain Prost , there was a special edition called Magny-Cours . This had Williams blue color and special design rims.

In 1994 a private team led by Patrick Legeay took part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with an A610 . An Alpine factory team no longer existed at this point. Also in 1994, two Alpine A610s were used as safety cars at Silverstone.

Production of the Alpine A610 was stopped at the beginning of 1995 because the numbers were too small. The Renault Sport Spider , which came onto the market in spring 1995 and was built for Renault by Alpine until autumn 1999, could be considered an indirect successor . The Renault Sport Spider is based on three Alpine prototypes from the 1980s.

Technical specifications

Alpine:	A610
Engine:	6-cylinder V-engine (four-stroke), bank angle 90 °
Displacement:	2963 cc
Bore × stroke:	93 x 72.7 mm
Performance at 1 / min:	184 kW (250 hp) at 5750
Max. Torque at 1 / min:	350 Nm at 2900
Compression:	7.6: 1
Mixture preparation:	Bendix-Siemens gasoline injection, Garrett T3 turbocharger , intercooler, max. Boost pressure 0.77 bar
Valve control:	2 × 1 overhead camshaft, chain drive
Cooling:	Water cooling
Transmission:	5-speed gearbox, center shift
Front suspension:	Double wishbones, coil springs
Rear suspension:	Double wishbones, coil springs
Brakes:	Four-wheel disc brakes (internally ventilated, diameter f / h 30 cm), brake booster
Steering:	Rack and pinion steering, servo-assisted
Body:	Glass fiber reinforced polyester on a central frame chassis
Track width front / rear:	1505/1470 mm
Wheelbase:	2340 mm
Dimensions:	4415 × 1760 × 1190 mm
Empty weight:	1420 kg
Top speed:	265 km / h
0-100 km / h:	5.7 s
Consumption (liters / 100 kilometers, ECE standard):	9.2 l
Price (DM): (SFr)	- -

literature

Ulrich Bethscheider-Kieser: Cars made history . Renault Alpine. Ed .: Mike Riedner. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 978-3-613-01407-7 , p. 156 .

swell

↑ see original brochure from the manufacturer from 1992

Automobil Revue , catalog number 1995 (technical data and prices)

Web links

Commons : Alpine A610 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

[1] see original brochure from the manufacturer from 1992