The Alpine A350 is one of the Alpine entries the open record knows by name and by date — in 1968, and by little else. That is not nothing: a name in the catalogue is where a car's story starts to be recoverable. Its designer of record is Richard Bouleau.
The background
The Alpine A350 was a Formula One car designed for Alpine by Richard Bouleau in 1968. The model was powered by a V8 engine from Renault-Gordini sports cars. It featured an innovative flat suspension system and was tested by Mauro Bianchi on the Zolder and Zandvoort tracks. However, the project was vetoed by Renault because the engine was 100 hp (total of 295 hp (220 kW) weaker than the Cosworth DFVs, resulting in the A350 never participating in a Grand Prix.
The engineering
it is rated at 295 HP @ 7,500 rpm. Kerb weight is 540 kg. Power-to-weight lands near 546 horsepower per tonne, which is hypercar territory, where the limiting factor is the tyre, not the engine. The wheelbase is 2281 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Lola Cars Lola T160, the Ferrari Dino 206 S. Its Alpine stablemates include the Alpine A110 and the Alpine A110 (2017).
The money
There is no federal ownership record for the Alpine A350 — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.