The Alpine A310 is a 2-door Coupé from Alpine, built from 1971 to 1984, as the oil crises and the first emissions rules rewired the industry. Under the bonnet: 1605 . Michel Beligond, Yves Legal, Trevor Fiore / Robert Opron, Peter Stevens (restyling) drew it.
The story
The Alpine A310 is a sports car built by French manufacturer Alpine from 1971 to 1984. It was the last Alpine model conceived by founder Jean Rédélé.
What is underneath
Power comes from 1605 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It shifts through a 5-speed manual. The layout matters: the engine hangs behind the rear axle, a layout that gives ferocious traction out of a corner and a reputation to match on the way in. The wheelbase is 2270 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Alpine A110; its successor was the Renault Alpine GTA/A610; assembly was at Dieppe, France. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Chevrolet Impala, the Suzuki Jimny, the Renault 5 — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Alpine catalogue sit the Alpine A110 and the Alpine A110 (2017).
What it costs now
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Alpine A310 has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.