 Building on the good impressions made by his car, Rédélé made an attractive offer of cooperation to the Bulgarian side, and in early 1967 sent to Bulgaria several of his 1,000-cubic centimeters-displacement engines, two of which were installed into Bulgarrenault 8 bodies.Later that year, Iliya Chubrikov won first place in the Transbalkania rally.Shortly after that, Rédélé sent his engineering team to Bulgaria to prepare the assembly of "Bulgaralpine" and to train a Bulgarian team of automotive specialists.