The information must have reached your ears. The Gendarmerie Rapid Response Brigade (BRI) now rolling Alpine A110 ! The General Directorate of the National Gendarmerie (DGGN) really placed an order at the end of 2021 26 copies of the three-color sports car. To provide it high-speed interception and interception missions. The Renault Mégane RS was replaced by a 252-horsepower two-seater (commissioned in 2010). She also came to help SEAT Leon Cupra until the end of their service. Of them, 17 have joined the ranks since December 2020.

“Made in France” model for the gendarmerie

In the past, Renault was chosen in the early 2010s to to replace the Subaru Impreza fleet by Megane RS. From December 2020, BIS will gradually begin to replace them SEAT Leon Cupra. 17 of these sports cars had already been sent to the front before DGGN backed down and in October 2021 decided to send stop order. Choosing a French model and pollutes less that the Spanish agreement accounted for this sudden turn which involved delivery 26 Alpine A110 by 2023. This is his too place of productionin France on Alpine factory in Dieppe (76), which led DDGN to choose this model.

New arrival Alpine A110 for gendarmerie

WITH A110 berlinetta, with a capacity of 252 horsepower, Renault has revived its former glory. Someone who in the past was a faithful partner of the gendarmerie. From 1967 Alpine A110 with National Gendarmerie screen print that’s how they walked the roads of France. Hunting for motorists who press too hard on the accelerator. Then various models from the Renault group appeared over the years. how Alpine A310 (1973-1987), Renault 21 Turbo (1992-1995), or even Megane IDE (2001-2006).

After a short interval provided Leon Kuprathe gendarmerie chose a go back to your rootstrusting a tricolor model and collected in France, sportsmanand mythical. Apparently he is very happy about it, as DGGN has announced that it is placing an order for eleven additional models! This year, they will begin to be produced in Dieppe, and then pass through Durizotti workshops for their transformation into a Gendarmerie car. They will replenish the fleet gradually, until 2024.