Alpine was founded in the mid-1950s by French Renault dealer and rally driver Jean Rédélé and made its reputation building lightweight sports cars using Renault mechanicals. The original A110 ...

Alpine says its A110 R Ultime can lap the 12.9-mile Nurburgring track in 7 minutes 15 seconds. The Ultime is 20 seconds faster than a regular R but still 6 seconds slower than a GT4 RS.

Gordon Murray drives one. That, right there, tells you a lot about the Alpine A110. That the creator of the storied McLaren F1 and the screaming GMA T.50 and T.33 hypercars would choose as his ...