Renault plans on reviving the Alpine brand

In 1970 Alpine, a manufacturer that built really fast and lustworthy four-wheeled projectiles by combining Renault-engines and a little sheet metal, became monumental news for carenthusiasts as Renault incorporated the brand as a genuine division in their line-up alongside Gordini.

Now, in 2012 some more monumental news have leaked to the internet as Renault has serious plans of reviving Alpine. This is not a setup for classics-rape as the Gordini revival was with a few stickers on a Clio, but a serious take on bringing back a classic, paying high respect to the brand's heritage, no bullshit. Here's what they had to say at Renault:

"If we don't succeed in bringing Alpine back now, we will never succeed. We didn't want a Renaultsport with an Alpine sticker. We wanted to do a proper race car"

And a proper race car it is, promising 400bhp from a 3.5 liter mid-mounted V6 and a kerbweight of 880kg, I think that spells cornering heaven? Coming out of the corner in the real thing may get a bit watered down, though, because inside sources say that the production-version will most likely sport a 300hp+ iteration of the 2.0 liter Megane RS engine.

The name will be A110-50, referring to the 50th birthday of the original A110 this year, and here's how it looks:

Styling is taken from the, in my opinion hideous, 2010 DeZir concept, only adding racy bits to make it look even meaner. I'm not so sure about that face representing Alpine, it doesn't exactly take too much effort in looking good, but one thing I'm sure about is that it's going to be a game changer. More news and info will be available on Friday when it's revealed in Monaco.

Here are a few pictures of legendary Alpine creations for you to savour while anticipating the new A110-50:

The original A110 1600s

My favorite: the Alpine A310GT

The Alpine GTA

Gorgeous Alpine A310 '74