Here's Your First Look At The New Alpine A110
After a relentless flood of teasers, Renault has finally revealed the new sports car that’ll relaunch the Apline brand. Almost.
Full details haven’t been divulged just yet - we’ll have to wait until the Geneva Motor Show for that. But we now have a couple of images to study, both of which show it looks near identical to the gorgeous Alpine Vision concept revealed last year. Plus, we know now its name: A110.
The name is an homage to the rear-engined A110 of the 1960s, one of Alpine’s most famous cars.
Unlike the old A110 though, the new one will be mid-engined. Based on what has been teased thus far plus the odd report and rumour, it’ll do 0-62mph in around 4.5 seconds, be powered by a 1.6-litre turbocharged Renault engine with around 250bhp, and be a bit of a lightweight. Don’t be surprised if it tips the scales somewhere near the 1000kg mark.
It’s also expected to cost around £50,000, which puts it in Porsche Cayman and Alfa Romeo 4C territory.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Rally nostalgia instenseifies
I’m pretty sure you aren’t that much old XD
Its not a Porsche though
It’s an Alpine, and that’s better in my book than a Cayman.
I don’t understand Renault. They don’t have a sports car but race in F1 but their sporty sub brand races in LMP2. That’s a bit odd, isn’t it?
I remember the days of group B rally with the Renault 5 Turbo - good times.
Well, they have some sort of sport car, the Clio RS and Megane RS are very good FWD cars
That moment when you realise that you should have waited before buying a Cayman…
What are you talking about?! That Cayman is a great car!
SRT Viper front end (minus those inner lights) + RX-7 Fastback + Audi Rear end (from side angle)… Interesting, I like it!
I feel like some of Porsche’s elements are also added onto it. Wonderfully appealing curves with big wheel ratio that reminds me of the 4C.
The real question is; does it rally?
Would be surprised if they didn’t as the alpine lm was track based unlike the original and this new one looks to be aimed a maybe gt racing
It could enter in R-GT rallying, but a GT4 track version is more likely.
So the question now is would you buy this or a lotus evora ,a Porsche coxster or a 4C
*Boxter :P
Out of that choice, A110
Someone gotta be the outsider lol I’d get the Evora ^^
New Evora and will be quite a bit more expensive
Maybe Exige is more closely priced, but its also more hardcore
Beautiful.
Looks great!
Amazing 👌