The Alpine A110 Has Morphed Into A GT4 Racer
Want an Alpine A110 to take racing? Good news: you now have two cars to choose from. Following up the A110 Cup - which Alpine has created a one-make series around - we now have this A110 GT4.
The double wishbone suspension setup of the standard car has been retained, with the addition of race-spec springs and dampers. Beefier brakes have been supplied by Brembo, and the car now runs slick tyres. There’s a bigger wing at the back, a more aggressive splitter at the front, and a stripped-out interior with a racing bucket seat and a harness. Oh, and a fire extinguisher, should your race really go south.
It uses the same 1.8-litre turbocharged inline-four as the road car, only here, it’s been given “significant power upgrades” which haven’t been specified. We don’t have a power figure either, but Alpine has said that the A110 GT4’s power-to-weight ratio is 312bhp per tonne. Given that the standard, unstripped car tips the scales at 1080kg, that should give you a rough idea of the kind of boost the 242bhp stock engine has been given.
The car has been developed by French firm Signatech - Alpine’s “motorsport partner” - and will make its racing debut in 2019.
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Comments
What are the gt4 regulation? I don’t see how it could win against the like of mclaren, bmw, porsche, aston martin or ginetta
Is the low weight enough to compete woth supercars? It will definitely be an interesting battle. One thing it has over any other GT4 is the view! It looks gorgeus.
Looks great
To state my excitement by using the original review of TopGear:
“Look here, Alpine has done a GT4 version of the A110 and boy, does it look good.”
lemme find my moneys