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The Alpine almost came to the US. Renault designed a US-spec car and brought it to the US for shows. They even advertised for it and produced brochures (I have one).
Where the Euro-spec Alpine had exposed Euro-style headlights, the American version had the pop-up lights shown in the picture above. I believe this version was adapted to the European version later.
The American Alpine died when Chrysler bought AMC. Chrysler didn't want the Alpine to compete with the Chrysler/Maserati TC (they were similarly priced).
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