This is the stunning new Alpine A310 Vision, and it needs to be built immediately

Not to be outdone by the reborn Renault 8 Gordini, Alpine has come up with its own retrotastic ‘design concept’ for the Paris Motor Show that reimagines one of its old-school sports cars. And, yeah… it’s an absolute stunner.

Welcome to the A310 Vision which, as you may have guessed, is a tribute to the rear-engined, rear-wheel drive Alpine from the 1970s. In fact, it celebrates the original four-cylinder A310’s 55th birthday and the chunkier V6’s 50th.

We’re told this is all about “reinterpreting its spirit through a contemporary, retro-futuristic vision” though, and Alpine has stated very clearly that it won’t be put into production. Shame, because this thing could be an incredible flagship to sit above the new, all-electric A110. We’re actually told that it sits on the same Alpine Performance Platform too. Maybe there is hope after all?

We’d certainly love to see something like this on the road. There's aluminium bodywork up top featuring flowing lines, muscular arches, ‘pop-down’ headlights, an S-duct breaking up the bonnet and a split rear wing with a transparent centre. Neat. The black lower section is then all about F1-inspired aero, with lots of chopped sections, flying winglets and a monster diffuser out back. And check out those glorious A-shaped three-spoke wheels.

The bubble-shaped cockpit also gives us a bit of a glimpse inside, where we’re told to expect “seats with organic shapes”, “bold colours” and “physical controls inspired by the world of Hi-Fi”. The latter sounds particularly promising. Here’s hoping Alpine brings plenty of this Vision into its future production cars.