Ok, so I put a £500 deposit on a car after seeing it - it looked lovely to be fair, the only issue was that it had a date written on the engine which couldn't be explained. Shortly after paying the deposit I followed up with a mail covering the points we had agreed would be covered before I picked it up. I received a phone call from the owner who told me aggressively that he 'didn't respond to confrontational emails like this'. Following this conversation I looked up reviews - to my horror.. The next morning after consulting with consumer advice, I called the owner and asked for my deposit back, and .... it was returned with no issue whatsoever. I have no idea how genuine the car was, or whether any warranty would have been upheld, but to give the guy his due, at least he gave my my money back at once, and apologized for his phone call. Lucky escape or panic over nothing?? Not sure..

Ditto the last review purchased a car and had massive problems mechanically. wouldn't touch them with a barge pole wished I had read these reviews beforehand.

Paid deposit on car which the dealer then refused to complete on then had major fight to get deposit refunded Avoid like the plague

STAY AWAY. THIS IS NOT A CAR DEALER, FOUL MOUTHED WHO TREATS CUSTOMERS BADLY. WOUD BE CRAZY TO DEAL WITH ALPINO CARS! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED BY UNSATISFIED CUSTOMER FOR HAD TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.