"Kookanoodles" (Kookanoodles)
10/05/2013 at 12:35 • Filed to: Alpine, PGO, ELMS, Romain Dumas
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"Kookanoodles" (Kookanoodles)
10/05/2013 at 12:35 • Filed to: Alpine, PGO, ELMS, Romain Dumas | 3
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As some of you may know, the Signatech-Alpine team !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! the European Le Mans Series championship in the LMP2 class. Thanks to their definitely brand-new Alpine A450 that is definitely not an Oreca 03 painted blue with Alpine written on it, the French team has secured victory thanks to three podium finishes and a win in Hungary. After a rather good but somewhat disappointing performance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Alpine is back to motorsports success, 35 years after the Alpine A442 won the famous endurance race.
Here's hoping that they won't stop there and that we'll get to see a proper Alpine prototype in a few years. In the meantime, I'll go back to eagerly awaiting the arrival of the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (I don't know about you guys, but there's never been a car I've been more excited about. This may have to do with me being French and whatnot).
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In other news, small carmaker PGO !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! that they will enter a modified Héméra (you know, that weirdly cool-looking thing up there) in the Critérium des Cévennes rally, part of the French Rally Championship. The car will be driven by Romain Dumas, of Le Mans fame. This is particularly appropriate, since both the carmaker and the driver come from the small town of Alès in southern France, where the race will be held at the end of October. They're going to call it the Héméra GT, apparently, but no word yet on wether or not it'll spawn some kind of production version.
They will, however, offer soon a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! of their !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! roadster, and I have to admit it looks better than the Héméra.
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In the end, it looks like there is finally some new stuff happening in this small and nostalgic world that are French sports cars beyond hot hatches and FWD coupés, and I'm loving it ! Also, does anyone have a spare €240 they're not using so I can buy the freaking awesome !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ?
Pictures : Signatech-Alpine, South Car Photography
Ce he sin
> Kookanoodles
10/05/2013 at 15:46 |
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Oh, direction à droite! Magnifique!
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Ce he sin
> Kookanoodles
10/05/2013 at 15:59 |
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Whoever designed the Cevennes hard top took a good look at a Nissan Figaro.
AMC/Renauledge
> Kookanoodles
10/05/2013 at 16:41 |
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I LOVE French sports cars! So obscure! So quirky! So lovable! You're not the only one anticipating an Alpine-Caterham road car.
Pdexter
> Kookanoodles
10/05/2013 at 17:25 |
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I find the Peugeot RCZ desperately beautiful. Especially in white with that heavily curved back glass. Pictures just make no justice to it.
See them quite a bit around here. Certainly not priced expensive. Main problem really are Peugeot's reputation in Finland and the quite meh engines, that thankfully get a lot better thanks to the new RCZ R 1.7l 270 hv option.
BATC42
> Kookanoodles
10/05/2013 at 18:02 |
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I actually was wondering when the Critérium des Cévennes was being held. Too bad i'm planning to go to germany at the end of october otherwise I would have been able to be Oppo's guy on site since I live in Aix-en-Provence which is 1h30 drive to Alés.
Sam Payne
> Kookanoodles
10/05/2013 at 18:53 |
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tobythesandwich
> AMC/Renauledge
10/05/2013 at 19:49 |
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what is the first one that looks like a future Probe?
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AMC/Renauledge
> tobythesandwich
10/05/2013 at 20:26 |
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Alpine A610. And it was made from '91-96, concurrent with the Probe. Rear-engine, RWD, and way, way faster than the Probe ever was.
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tobythesandwich
> AMC/Renauledge
10/05/2013 at 20:35 |
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I'm not doubting that. I just think it looks like some strange first gen probe concept.
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AMC/Renauledge
> tobythesandwich
10/05/2013 at 20:37 |
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Similar idea. But the A610 was just a facelift of the '86 Alpine GTA, which predated the first-gen Probe by about 2 years.
United States Ghost
> AMC/Renauledge
10/05/2013 at 21:00 |
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The Atlantique truly sets my heat aflutter.
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AMC/Renauledge
> United States Ghost
10/05/2013 at 21:10 |
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Sets mine aflutter, too. And my pants.
heeltoehero
> Kookanoodles
10/06/2013 at 01:22 |
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I just want to know if I fit in an A610. Those were SVX weird, but infinitely cooler.
Ecklesiastik
> AMC/Renauledge
10/06/2013 at 07:09 |
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you forgot the pretty ones :D
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Kookanoodles
> AMC/Renauledge
10/06/2013 at 10:46 |
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What's the third one ?
Stefan25
> AMC/Renauledge
10/06/2013 at 15:35 |
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did you seriously miss this?
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AMC/Renauledge
> Ecklesiastik
10/06/2013 at 17:50 |
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I didn't forget any. Each if those is amazing. Especially the Talbot-Lago. Probably the prettiest car ever made.
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AMC/Renauledge
> Kookanoodles
10/06/2013 at 17:51 |
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That's the MATRA M530.
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AMC/Renauledge
> Stefan25
10/06/2013 at 17:57 |
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No. The early Alpines are fantastic, too. If I listed every luscious French sports car out there, I wouldn't have time to answer everyone's questions about what they are! :p Also, I loves me some A310:
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Stefan25
> AMC/Renauledge
10/06/2013 at 18:48 |
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i walk past one occasionally in my town, it's in a terrible state but still looks so interesting underneath the faded white paint