NEW Alpine A110 R review: it's a track DEMON | flat out with Steve Sutcliffe

Опубликовано 13 февраля 2023, 17:07

Can a four-cylinder sports car possibly be worth £89,990?

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Alpine is on a roll right now. Its global sales are up by over a third year-on-year and its reputation as a manufacturer of serious but fun-to-drive sports cars is growing rapidly where it matters. There’s also a convincing range of EV sports cars in the pipeline to rival the company’s main competition from Porsche, Lotus et al.

But for the time being, the A110 is still very much Alpine’s stock-in-trade car, and the new A110 R is its new superstar. It’s not cheap at just a tenner short of 90 grand, nor does it boast any more power than a regular A110 S, its 1.8-litre four-cylinder turbo engine producing the same 296bhp and 340Nm as the S and GT cars.

Instead, Alpine has gone down the ‘clubsport’ route to give the A110 R the extra focus and performance it surely needs to justify its £30k+ price hike. As such, the R’s kerbweight has been reduced by 34kg while its aerodynamic and mechanical grip have been increased by adding wings and fitting more aggressive Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres as standard. In this review, Steve Sutcliffe finds out just how far the R moves the game on.

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