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Car of the Day:October 16, 2010; Playart '77 Alpine A310
Topic Started: Oct 15 2010, 09:51 PM (486 Views)
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Today's car of the day is Playart's 1977 Alpine A310.

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The Alpine A310 was a sports car built by French manufacturer Alpine, from 1971 to 1984.


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For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: Alpine A310

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Another one from bangerkid45, this example has seen some heavy race duty, with its fair share of scrapes with the walls and other competitors! The base is marked Renault Alpine A310, but Wikipedia is insisting that Alpine was the manufacturer, and not Renault. Regardless, there was definitely much Renault DNA in the end result.

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Dieppe-based Alpine, once an independent company specialising in faster Renaults, later a Renault subsidiary, established a fine competition history with the Alpine A110 winning the 1973 Monte Carlo Rally and World Rally Championship. The successor was the Alpine A310, initially powered by tuned 17TS/Gordini four-cylinder engine, still rear mounted. The maximum power reaching 127 PS DIN (93.5 kW/125 hp), thanks to the use of 2 twin barrel 45 DCOE Weber carburetors.

In 1976 the A310 was restyled by Robert Opron and fitted with the more powerful and newly-developed 90 degree 2700 cc V6 PRV engine. As used in up-range Renaults, Volvos and Peugeots this lifted the car into the lower echelons of the sports car league, where the Porsche was a dominant player. The basis of the A310 was a hefty tubular steel backbone chassis, clothed in a tough fiberglass shell. Like the ill-fated De Lorean DMC-12, which used the same PRV powertrain, the engine was mounted longitudinally in the rear, driving forward to the wheels through a manual 5 speed gearbox. With 149 bhp (111 kW) on tap, the A310 PRV V6 was Renault's performance flagship capable of 220 km/h (137 mph) and neck straining acceleration. Despite the tail-heavy weight distribution (like Porsche 911), handling was safe and rewarding.

In the later Models of the A310 a "GTPack" which was inspired from the Group4 A310 racing cars would be developed, it gain wheel arches, larger spoilers front and rear, the V6 was bored out to a 2.9 L motor was modified by Alpine, fitted with 3x Weber 42DCNF carburetors that pushed power to 193 hp (144 kW).


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Edited by craftymore, Oct 15 2010, 09:51 PM.
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Sak
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Ezekiel 25:17
I have a Majo Alpine with blue doctor's graphics...
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It's a bit more crude than the Majorette version but nevertheless still a decent casting. It is a lot harder to find than the Majorette version though.

Playart also did the earlier A110 which Majorette never did.
Edited by james_autos, Oct 16 2010, 04:22 AM.
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I've got a couple of versions of the Majorette A310,but don't ever remember seeing a plain version :huh:
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
Is there a really ACCURATE version of this car in 1/64 +/-??
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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
Ivan- go with the Majorette and prepare to detampo or repaint.
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