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

[@MsMiguelibarra]

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

[@andychallis9044]

You are not alone miguel

[@colinvannurden3090]

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

[@AxLWake]

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]

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

[@B4R0N.]

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

[@teedot1186]

I said the same thing.. Lol

[@robertrishel3685]

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

[@theserpent1893]

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

[@AxLWake]

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]

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

[@AxLWake]

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

[@Mr.Marbles]

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

[@gsd4me00]

@@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.

[@dancinglizard3080]

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

[@TheAdam92ea]

You mean art?

[@jakekaywell5972]

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

[@dancinglizard3080]

@@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]

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]

@@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]

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]

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

[@TheMashto]

That final shot, absolutely breathtaking!

[@viniciusnotharangeli5328]

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

[@TheWhiteCometOfZion]

That is actually INSANE for that car!

[@tylerthielmann227]

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.

[@aaronmachado13]

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]

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

[@aaronmachado13]

nohopeforthekids yeah amen to that

[@chucku00]

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

[@aaronmachado13]

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

[@chucku00]

@@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 : kzbin.info/www/bejne/eV6oho1omLGBb5I

[@dimi911]

One of France's all time greats!

[@olsonspeed]

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

[@caderampley825]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@Whiters8]

@@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]

@@Whiters8 Garbage

[@tedt7991]

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

[@pilou827]

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

[@fjahnhogler]

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

[@johnnichols9056]

That smile says it all.

[@neilleigh1897]

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

[@1183newman]

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]

Thanks sam, nice reading👍🏻

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

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

[@pilou827]

@@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]

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

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

@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.

[@SauravMitracarfreakiittm]

"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]

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.

[@ahmedmahdi1908]

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

[@RubyMarkLindMilly]

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

[@AaronSpielman]

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

[@AxLWake]

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

[@kevinnorwood7355]

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.

[@Inazuma68]

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

[@alexlamas6324]

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.

[@michaelm2502]

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!

[@BakedTuber]

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]

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

[@frankp6477]

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

[@Wobsmangbaffler]

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

[@T-o-m-s]

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 KZbin 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]

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]

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]

@@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]

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

[@alexlamas6324]

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.

[@chucku00]

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.

[@MindDezign]

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!

[@ixoye56]

One of my dream cars.

[@Mrdrivereight]

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

[@Yahniboy]

The red looks good though

[@doguecreek]

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.

[@nnoddy8161]

Best dash layout in the business.

[@davidlabbe1411]

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.

[@johnpauladams3417]

Can't get over how cool this car is

[@goldstein47]

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]

Your opinion man.

[@furripupau]

Wow, hope you get your money back dude.

[@ikBONK]

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

[@justins21482]

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

[@NoName-bh9vk]

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

[@iamthesic8]

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)

[@jonnylloyd-jones289]

Nice car pick. But, we don’t want lecture by a motor reviewer. We want a review from the real individual owners....like before!

[@jerrytee2688]

Yeah, he's hard to listen to.

[@GeSchmidtt]

I like both formats.

[@davebk1031]

Probably factory owned.

[@m32m1m]

Speak for yourself. This is an informative, interesting review

[@BikerBearMTB]

I’m happy listening to him don’t know why you’re all hating he give information and thoughts on the driving

[@reitsmaassociates]

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.

[@pilou827]

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

[@robertrishel3685]

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😍

[@flynnparish9833]

This channel has pretty epic soundtracks with the car reviews.

[@louisgz1]

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

[@AlCasa52]

Nothing tops the old petrolicious videos

[@Supercruze]

Beautiful car. Well narrated history lesson.

[@rdefabri]

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

[@Ashfielder]

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

[@dimitriosalexopoulos168]

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

[@rodrigogutierrezreyes4702]

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

[@birdsarcasm]

every frame is perfect.

[@WolfgangTrittin]

Super, ein sehr schöner Beitrag. Vielen Dank. Germany

[@thejackman82]

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

[@yoboogieman]

Beautiful lines

[@cesarocon3401]

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

[@chriztownley9335]

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

[@ronniejaye1]

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.

[@HeliRy]

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

[@tednruth453]

Tremendous automobiles from a visionary.

[@nickrusswales]

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!?

[@zrbana]

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

[@Fantabiscuit]

Fkn great looking car in and out

[@tikkathreebarrels]

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.

[@Jaceluyah442]

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

[@josuedavid6584]

beautiful work guys, top automotive content.

[@seankeef9838]

Excellent work Sam.

[@DOMS4.]

WE LIKE OWNER FORMAT NOT TOP GEAR

[@1BCamden]

Great overview of a great car

[@cornerstoneboxingpromotion3120]

I didn't realise they were so small!

[@straightbusta2609]

I think everyone is being critical of the content because of the difference in format. I say what's wrong in seeing more content? The host, Sam Hancock is pretty good imo and we get to see all these cars. I see this as a good thing

[@sebmx5708]

🔥🔥🔥 The A110 in its element 🏔️

[@ndsubisonfan]

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

[@frankp6477]

fantastic footage too

[@stillphil]

Alpine A110 1600S Size, Dimensions, Aerodynamics and Weight Wheelbase : 213 cm or 83.86 inches Length : 385 cm or 151.57 inches Width : 155 cm or 61.02 inches Height : 111.8 cm or 44.02 inches

[@cyborg7116]

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

[@Yahniboy]

I prefer it in this color myself

[@stephans1990]

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!

[@MindDezign]

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

[@justdriveit7434]

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

[@drewselby1]

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.

[@jabiqq]

A masterpiece.

[@gsd4me00]

Very, very well done. This would have to be the best Petrolicious video I've seen.

[@lancelaprarie6128]

Absolutely gorgeous car

[@erwinamesz7642]

My favorite car ever!!!

[@dizzyrider3883]

In my top ten of best petrolicious videos.

[@manuel-xax]

Superb tribute

[@smfernando]

This guy again. That’s it I give up

[@MrBenzcdi]

👊

[@jeduardoslb1]

It would be nice if you showed a picture of the multiple vehicles mentioned in the video. For example, I've never heard of the Renault Alpine A106 and I had to Google it!

[@gsd4me00]

Me too, it looked very Porsche like.

[@jeduardoslb1]

@@gsd4me00 Yeah, It looked a bit weird though!

[@NoName-bh9vk]

An "A110 POV drive" would be great.

[@storskegg]

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

[@JoelBenicourt]

In the words of my 9 y/o brother, coming alongside me as I watched the video at 2:26 , "It's so small!!!"

[@Rob901]

Great car . unique

[@odl21]

I think I’m in the minority. I really like this presenter and the new format. Much better than the conceited and ill-informed owners that used to be the theme.

[@EliteRock]

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]

I think this car was faster than Lotus Elan, IMHO

[@londo0]

Can we have videos with ordinary people and their ordinary classics? i appreciate supercars etc, but those videos which showed 'ordinary' people with their 'ordinary' cars were so good. There are plenty of channels, magazines, programmes which cover expensive classics.

[@ManuelLopez-sb3eo]

Un coche mítico de la época en la que se construyeron los automóviles más bellos. El sonido de su escape es una melodía constante. Hoy en día, en muchos casos, las salidas de escape, sin ninguna clase de pudor de los fabricantes, son falsas.

[@yvanpedron5255]

alala... ça fait toujours rêver.. cette voiture a gagné Monté-Carlo , vous savez..