French Tuner Gives The Alpine A110 The Carbon Widebody It Needed

It gets completely eclipsed by the likes of the beastly Lancia Stratos, but the original Alpine A110 got most of its fame in the dirt and gravel of the rally world, even winning the very first World Rally Championship season in 1973. That makes it fitting that a company called Ravage has transformed the modern A110 into a rally-ready beast, a car that takes the memories and modifications of the original Group 4 car and brings them kicking and screaming into a wide-body future.

French engineering firm Ravage (and that’s Rav-ahge, not Ravage the way Americans say Sportage) rebodies almost the entire original Alpine. A brand new carbon skin replaces nearly all of the factory aluminum panels. Ravage’s site shows everything but the doors, hood, and roof are its own carbon designs.

Three Years Designing The Perfect Widebody

The company spent three years on the design, making sure that the widebody look was perfect, and that the panels fit together exactly. Exposed fasteners up front, bulging wheel arches, new vents, and an opened-up tail all give this car serious WRC vibes. OZ Racing wheels designed by Ravage for this car finish off that rally-ready look. The tires are Michelin Pilot Sport 4S with Cup 2 track day rubber or even Pilot Alpin winters available as an option.

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A wider body means a wider track. The Ravage Group 4 is around 1.5 inches wider in the front and 3 in the back. That lets Ravage pack in 265-width rear tires, which it says are perfect for between 260 and 280 lb-ft of torque.

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Ravage fits two-way adjustable KW coilover suspension to the car to lower it slightly and keep it comfortable. Special aluminum shields keep rocks and gravel out of the dampers, an idea it took from the Alpine R-GT rally car.

A Little More Horsepower For This Lightweight French Rocket

Alpine’s factory 1.8-liter turbo-four, which normally makes 249 horsepower in the A110 or 288 hp in the A110S, has been tweaked. It now makes 300 horsepower and 280 lb-ft, but Ravage calls that “the entry-level engine.” So it can do even more, though how far steep power can go was not revealed.

Rebuilding modern cars into recreations of vintage machinery like this one is as much about vibes as performance, but Ravage has nailed the look. The massive Cibié driving lights with covers, a vintage French yellow tint on the main lights, and the ones in the center of the bumper, along with the period-look wheels, all work together to bring the early ’70s WRC feel to this little monster.

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As far as the price, the company didn’t say. When each car can be highly customized, that’s not really a surprise. But we’ve seen mentions of other Ravage A110-based creations coming in at around $150,000, which might be a bargain if you want a 1970s aesthetic with 2025 performance.