The Alpine A310 Vision is a one-off concept car, and Alpine says it is not a preview of a production model. Instead, the French brand revealed it as a show car at the 2026 Paris Motor Show on October 12. It marks 55 years of the four-cylinder A310 and 50 years of the V6 version.
The original A310 was a rear-engined, rear-drive wedge from the 1970s. According to electrive, it sat beside the rally-focused A110 Berlinette as a more comfortable four-cylinder Alpine. Fifty-five years later, the brand’s designers asked what that car might look like with today’s materials.
Their answer is long, low and very wide at the back. It also comes with a clear message from Alpine: enjoy it, because it is not coming to a showroom.
Why the Alpine A310 Vision is a one-off
The wording in the Alpine press release leaves little room for hope. It calls the car “a one-off concept inspired by the Alpine A310.” It also describes the project as “an independent design concept” rather than “the announcement of a future production model.”
Later, the release’s own FAQ repeats the point. There, Alpine says the car “is not intended as a future production model.” Top Gear reported the same thing on reveal day, even though its headline argued that Alpine should build it anyway.
In fact, Alpine frames the car as a design exercise. The company calls it “a retro-futuristic reinterpretation” of what the A310 could have become.
The numbers Alpine did release
Alpine published dimensions, and that is about all. The concept is 4.55 meters long, roughly 179 inches. It stands 1.18 meters tall, or about 46.5 inches, and its wheelbase is 2.45 meters, about 96.5 inches.
The width, however, is the striking figure. At its broadest point, at the rear, the body measures 2.03 meters, or nearly 80 inches. That flared tail is deliberate. Alpine says the widened wings recall the V6 cars, while the overall shape draws on the earlier four-cylinder model.
By contrast, there are no performance numbers. As electrive noted, Alpine released no technical specifications at all. That means no power output, no battery size and no range figure.
Design details that point back to 1971
Alpine says its designers kept a real A310 in the studio while they worked. First, they sketched by hand and studied the old car’s volumes and lines. However, the goal was to extend the A310’s intent, not to copy it.
Of all the details, the wheels are the clearest link. They use a triangular “A” shape, which Alpine says nods to the full metal wheels of the early cars. Up front, the headlights sit in a fold of the nose and drop down when the car starts. Meanwhile, an S-duct cuts through the bonnet.
A central blade, which Alpine calls the “Y zero” line, runs down the middle of the car toward the tail. At the back, a two-part split rear wing has a see-through section that Alpine says evokes ice and mountains. The blade-shaped rear lights also add downforce, according to the release.
The upper body is aluminum, while the black lower section has a sculpted, Formula 1-inspired look. Top Gear points out the chopped sections, small winglets and large rear diffuser.
Inside the bubble
The cabin is a semi-transparent “bubble,” so part of the interior shows through from outside. Alpine lists organic seat shapes, bold blocks of color and physical controls inspired by hi-fi equipment.
Still, the inside is a sketch more than a finished cockpit. Electrive describes a sparsely outlined bright red interior and adds that Alpine focused the study on the exterior.
What sits underneath
The A310 Vision is built to show off the Alpine Performance Platform, or APP. Electrive describes APP as a lightweight, modular aluminum architecture for electric sports cars. Its layout allows different powertrain setups and battery sizes, and it gives designers freedom with body shapes.
That freedom, in turn, is the real point of the concept. After all, the first production car on APP will be the new electric A110, according to electrive. Top Gear also places the A310 Vision on the same platform as that car.
Two anniversaries in one car
Alpine unveiled the original A310 in 1971, and the release says it extended the story the Berlinette started. Electrive adds that the V6 engine arrived in 1976. That is why 2026 marks two birthdays at once: 55 years for the four-cylinder car and 50 for the V6.
For anyone who wants the details up close, Alpine’s media site carries 22 images and a video of the concept. Three of the photos show the A310 Vision on its Paris Motor Show stand, where it made its debut on October 12, 2026.
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