Société des Automobiles Alpine SAS, better known as Alpine, is a French automotive manufacturer that was established in 1955. Founded by Jean Rédélé, Alpine specializes in the building of sports and racing cars. Many of Alpine's models have been based on Renault cars, and used a great deal of Renault-sourced parts. Due to this, the two companies shared a great relationship in Alpine's early years, before being acquired by Renault in 1973, who continues to own Alpine to this day. While the company has built a wide range of successful rally and road racing cars, they are also well known for their production models, which include cars such as the A110, A310, GTA, and A610. Although the Alpine brand was discontinued in 1995, in 2018, Renault revived the brand and has begun producing a new range of Alpine models.