Alabama man finds a rotting exotic sports car no one's ever heard of in a storage locker and ends up buying it
Published on Dec 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM (UTC+4)
by Alessandro Renesis
Last updated on Dec 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Emma Matthews
This guy found a true gem – a rare French sports car from the 1980s – in Alabama, of all places.
This is a supercar that even French people probably forgot about, but it’s a true classic.
It’s also a complicated classic to live with.
Somebody in the comment section of the video this guy posted hit the nail right on the head with the perfect comment.
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Like finding a needle in a haystack
The guy behind the Elsea’s World YouTube video somehow ended up discovering an ultra-rare Renault Alpine GTA – a long-forgotten French sports car – somewhere in Alabama.
Uncovering an Alpine GTA in France is like finding a needle in a haystack, but finding one in Alabama is like finding a needle in a haystack in the middle of the Sahara.
The YouTuber ended up buying the car, which is both good news and bad news.
It’s good news because this car is an icon.
It’s bad news because it’s famously unreliable, and spare parts are going to be hard to come by.
One of the commenters got it right.
“Good luck… You’re going to need it,” the comment reads.
This exotic sports car that spawned an entire brand
Automakers often take long-forgotten nameplates and turn them into standalone brands.
Citroën did it with DS, Volvo did it with Polestar, and Renault did it with Alpine.
Initially, the Alpine name wasn’t really a standalone brand or a division, but it was still a bit more than just another name for a new model.
Renault used it sparingly through the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s, before discontinuing it altogether.
In 2005, Renault began working on a new prototype with the Alpine name before finally introducing a proper production model, the 2017 Alpine A110.
Alpine is alive and well today, and the line-up is growing.
Aside from the A110 – which will be discontinued next year, Alpine also sells the A290, a reworked Renault 5, and the A390, marketed as a potential Porsche Taycan/Macan rival.
