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

By the end of the very first official season of the World Rally Championship in 1973, RenaultAlpine emerged victorious, with the extremely light and lithe A110 helping to take the honors back to Dieppe, where the Alpine story can be followed back to the 1950s and the tuning efforts of Jean Rédélé. Rédélés ability to coax performance from Renaults 4CV caught the marques attention, and they were quick to support the young Frenchmans ambitions to build his own car. With powertrains supplied by Renault,