1970s wedge — 4 museum-grade prints from the period. The Alpine A310 was introduced in 1971 as a successor to the A110, using a steel backbone chassis and fibreglass body with four-cylinder and later PRV V6 engines. Alpine operated from Dieppe under Renault ownership, maintaining rally and road-car identity through the 1970s wedge era. The Lamborghini Countach was styled by Marcello Gandini at Bertone and entered production in 1974 as the LP400 with a 3. 9-litre V12. The Lotus Esprit S1 gained global recognition as James Bond's amphibious escape vehicle in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) — a cultural association separate from the road car's modest early power outputs.