Jean Rédélé


Founder of Alpine
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BornMay, 17th 1922 in Dieppe/France
ProfileRédélé's father was working for French Automobile company Renault, thus he raised in an environment that fascinated him from the beginning. In 1946 he took the final exam at a trading school and got in charge for his father's Renault garage. He prepared his own Renault 4CV for different competition events and especially for the Rallye Monte Carlo and Mille Miglia. He successfully organized the paricipation of Renault at Mille Miglia in 1953. In 1954 he founded his own Automobile Company called Alpine. With his success especially in competition Renault realized the meaning of Alpine and became owner of this company and Rédélé got new responsibilities within the Renault organization.


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