I was just surfing the web and came across this Alpine article on a Brazilian Auto Blog... http://www2.uol.com.br/bestcars/bestcars.htm
http://www2.uol.com.br/bestcars/cpassado2/alpine-1.htm
Alpine, um francês contra o Porsche
A história do marcante esportivo dos anos 70 aos 90
I looked at Google at portuguese to english... give it a go...
http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en
http://translate.google.com/translate?u ... uage_tools
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And this from a french site with FR to ENG trans
Rival Renault MX-5 French fancy
Renault bumps cuts said they intend to build has small, affordable sports bus within the next furnace years
Open and shut
Last Renault two-seater, the BASIC Spider Sport, was axed in 1999 after dirty failure
The Renault chief confirmed that the eagerly awaited newcomer would Be in dealers by 2010, and added: “Accessible It must Be both and affordable.
Recent Renault is keen to milk its success in Formulated One by exposing its racing name to has greater goes down for hearing. And it believes that offering has Renaultsport-badged Mazda MX-5-style two-seater roadster is the way to achieve this.
Alain Dassas, head of the company's high-performance division, told custom: “We will introduce has small sports bus and uses our great price image to sell it. F1 has has high level of safety and reliability. We want to produce has road model with the same qualities have our racing machines.”
The Renault chief confirmed that the eagerly awaited newcomer would Be in dealers by 2010, and added: “Accessible It must Be both and affordable. We want to reinforce our F1 success with have many people have possible.”
Fans of the Renaultsport brand cuts already seen links with the GP outfit one road bus in the shape of the special-edition Mégane 225 F1 TEAM, launched earlier this year. Now, the company has unveiled has new model: the 230bhp Mégane Renaultsport F1 TEAM R26. It wears the squad' S GP logo - decals that Dassas revealed will Be used across the arranges - and is priced At £19,570.
The roadster is likely to Be more to use-friendly than the maker' S previous two-seater, the Spider Sport. Built from 1996 to 1999, this bus was never has hit - partly because it had No roof and the windscreen was year extra optional.
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Renaultsport roadster by 2010
Posted Oct. 12th 2006 9:01 PM by Noah Joseph
Filed under: Convertible, Sports/GTs, Euro
Have the reigning world champions - poised to secure one yew not both titles for has second straight year - Renault hasn' T done much to bank one its Formula One success with its model arranges. It seems the best it could muster has special edition of the Megane hatchback. The drank creative cars is looking to changes that with has roadster to compete with the Mazda MX-5.
Renaultsport chief Alain Dassas confirmed the roadster will hit the market by 2010 with has £19,570 sticker price in the the U.K. Competitive That should Be fairly with the Mazda, which (for comparison' S sake) arrange from £15,650 to £20,710 in the British market and was enjoying more elbow room after the annulment of the Toyota MR2. No more information is available one the upcoming French spider At this not, goal it promised to Be has more serious contender than the Renault Sport Spider (pictured) from the late 90 ' S with its optional windscreen (!) and supplements lack of has roof of any kind.
Yew the old “win one Sunday, sell one Monday” proverb has any truth to it, the new roadster should give the Mazda has good run for its money, and give Renault has sporty model have has practical halation for the entire arranges.
[Source: Car Express train]
