The forgotten history of the Dinalpin A110
Posted on 03-06-2016 at 23:15 by jaapiyo – 22 Comments”
Dinalpin? But this above is just a picture of an Alpine A110? Yes, but also no. Autoblog dusts the history books.
The original Alpine A110 Berlinette is now ‘arrived’ in the world of the classics. For the featherweight with its fiberglass body and preferably the aluminium Renault 16 TS engine in the aft you pay today the grand prize. It is also an old-fashioned rally-weapon first-class that in the beginning of the years ’70 the necessary successes achieved in the rally-sport. Newfangled autofans who are not yet familiar with the A110 to know the car maybe a little bit of this modern concept that no production version is.
Less well known is that the A110 not only by Jean Rédélé’s company in the French Dieppe was built, but that there are also ” hecho-en-Mexico’ A110’s originated in the Mexican company with the sporty style name Diesel Nacional’. Also in Bulgaria, moreover, between 1967 and 1969 ‘Bulgaralpine’s’ was built, and Brazil was the Willys-Overland Interlagos Berlinette actually a A110 with a different name. This separate history is partly the result of different duties that countries then (and now) used on cars. To these charges to work, it was often advantageous to use local produce.
In Mexico, as a partner so opted for Diesel Nacional, a company that still exists today and focuses on making trucks, buses and that type of work. Not particularly bright, flashy French rally-guns. The name that was chosen was a contraction of the two brand names of Diesel Nacional (DINA), and Alpine, which resulted in Dinalpin.
Between 1965 and 1974 there were three variants manufactured in Vallejo, a industriegebeid in Mexico City, to know the Dinalpin A110 Berlinette, Dinalpin A110 GT4 and the Dinalpin A110 Cabrio. The last was only the first two years of construction. Many copies there are, however, in any case, never built, partly due to the price, which was higher than that of a Mustang. An estimated 500 Berlinette’s and a small 150 GT4’s have left the factory. The engines rangeerden from 1.1 to 1.3 litres, in accordance with the first French A110’s. The subsequent strong engines which the French Alpine got the Dinalpin never reached. Check here images of a white Dinalpin in something similar in the garage of El Chapo’s father.
Today is a Dinalpin if you can find it, for the Alpine lovers may be a good opportunity to buy. They are usually a bit cheaper than a ‘real’ Alpine, while the quality is not known to be less good. A gevalletje unknown makes unloved. Because the Dinalpin in Mexico are built, it is rare to find in this corner of the world one to find. It can, however, as can be seen on these photos.