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TOUR DE CORSE”, 1981
t A110, alla fine degli anni ’70 After years of racing the Alpine A110, at the end of the 1970s
orrere con la piccola 5 Alpine Renault found itself having to race with the small 5 Alpine
indubbiamente agile e piut- front-wheel drive, undoubtedly an agile and powerful car
nte inadeguata a competere but far from capable of competing with the Fiat 131 Abarth
L'idea vincente per la realiz- Rally. It was Jean Terramorsi, vice-president of Regies’s pro-
iù competitiva viene a Jean duction department, who came up with a winning idea for
del reparto produzione della a more competitive car, and it consisted of turning the en-
motore della R5 Alpine di no- gine of the R5 Alpine through ninety degrees, and position-
dietro l'abitacolo che perde i ing it behind the passenger compartment, which thus lost
the two rear seats.
ralimentazione per il piccolo Given the need to turbocharge the small 1.4-liter engine,
adiatori dell'aria dell'acqua e the oil, air and water radiators had to be positioned at the
he obbliga ad allargare la car- engine side, which meant widening the body behind the
ravolgendo esteticamente la doors, completely altering the look of the car. Bertone was
derivazione. Si chiede quindi thus called upon to advise, and thanks to the esthetic flair of
che, grazie al genio estetico Marcello Gandini, managed to come up with a harmonious
ad armonizzare il tutto in un and at the same time aggressive-looking solution. The first
sivo. Il primo obiettivo è far objective was to bring out the road version, which needed
ione stradale, da vendersi in to be sold in at least a thousand units in order to be homolo-
potere essere omologata in gated for racing in the Group 3 racing class (Grand Touring
serie) e, successivamente nel cars) and subsequently in the more extreme Group 4 class
n Turismo preparato). L'evolu- (Sports Cars). But changes in competition rules instead saw
vi portò, invece, ai vertici dei the extremely powerful Group B cars (which basically only
o B che, delle auto di serie, retained the appearance of the standard production cars)
nte il simulacro. La Renault, rising to prominence in the rally racing world. Renault, since
stazione tecnica perfetta per it already had a car that, technically, lent itself perfectly to
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