c1960 ALPINE A108 CABRIOLET

Chassis number: 1097 Bodywork N° 266 To be registered in collection Year: circa 1960 8 000 / 12 000

As mentioned above, Jean Rédélé created the Alpine brand with the launch of the A106 model, designed by Saint Maur coachbuilders Chappe and Gessalin, specialists at the time in a new technique: polyester. However, the little coach's lines didn't satisfy the Dieppois pilot and entrepreneur.

Having his A106s assembled in the garage of his father-in-law Escoffier at 11 rue Forest in Paris, he set up a new company in December 1957: RDL, located on rue Pasteur in Dieppe, the headquarters of Grands Garages de Normandie, the Renault dealership of a certain...

Rédélé Jean! It was here that his workers would try their hand at fiber and resin, on a new Alpine model: a cabriolet based on the Renault 4cv platform.

Thus was born the car which, as it evolved, became the sedan that won the World Championship 50 years ago.

Unusually in the history of the modern automobi...