Coupe des Alpes: The Story of the 1958 Alpine Rally

2/17/2024

56 production cars from eight countries vie for the 1958 Coupes des Alpes. It's a 2,400 mile course from France that winds it's way through the mountains of Italy before making it's way back through to Marseille again. 73 checkpoints along the way ensure that each car maintains the varying average speeds necessary to compete! Miss by a few seconds and it's cheerio. Paddy Hopkirk sets of first followed by an host of cars like the Zephyr, Porche and Citröen. There is also a woman's race that features Kat Moss - sister of Stirling; Nancy Mitchell and Ann Hall. In-car footage gives us an early indication of the altitude and the perilous nature of these single-lane carriageways and glorified dirt tracks. Spectators precariously watch as the cars come into the first of the validation stations fo