Alpine M65 Renault 1965

[SkilledRacer]

Modified from the M64, the M65 has a brand new twin cam 1296cc Gordini engine which developed 130bhp at first and 140bhp later on. The engine was also installed on the old M64s which constantly outperformed the newer M65s.

It won twice the 500km of Nurburgring, in 1965 and 1967.

It was clocked doing 268km/h (166mph) at the Mulsanne straight.

(No specifications found for this beauty, sorry)

Alpine built 2 of these M65s to race in the World Sportscar Championship in 1965. Running in the P1.3 (Prototype 1300) class it won overall at the Nurburgring. Equipped with a 1296cc Inline-4 engine with 118 hp.

One may have noticed it was featured in the Alpine Vision GT video as design inspiration.​

 

[StarLight]

Lovely classic racing car ... no specifications?

 

[Downhill Dino]

I got the specifications from here.

Gordini 804, straight 4 cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine
1296cc, 75.7 × 72.0 mm
12.0:0
120 PS (118 bhp) (88 kW) @ 7200 rpm
122 Nm (90 ft·lb) (12.4 kgm) @ 4500 rpm
side camshaft with overhead valves (OHV), 2 valves / cylinder - 8 valves total
aspiration, natural with 2 Weber 40 DCOE carburetors
water cooled

Funny I had been researching this car and it suddenly appears in the Alpine VGT video.

 

[Downhill Dino]

One of the two cars were built into the following year's A210 car. Thus only one remaining in original M65 configuration.

Here's the car three-wheeling it a bit at the Nurburgring.

 

[NART512]

That thing is sweet.