Alpine A110 (2017)

Every car is an argument about what matters, and the Alpine A110 (2017) makes its case with 1.8&nbsp and 252 PS, 320 Nm. Alpine built from 2017 to 2026 — as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. The shape is credited to Deyan Denkov (exterior) / Laurent Negroni (interior).

The story

The Alpine A110 is a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive sports car introduced by French car manufacturer Alpine at the 87th Geneva International Motor Show in March 2017. Deliveries began in late 2017 for Continental European markets and in 2018 for the UK, Japan and Australia. Both its name and design refer back to the original Alpine A110 that was produced from 1961 to 1977. Production ended in June 2026, as Alpine was readying the plant for the A110's all-electric successor.

What is underneath

The engine is 1.8  the output is 252 PS, 320 Nm. On the scales it comes to 1103 kg. That is roughly 228 horsepower per tonne: quick by any era's standard, the kind of figure a hot hatch or a sports saloon posts. Drive goes through a 7-speed 7DCT300 dual-clutch. The layout matters: the engine sits behind the driver and ahead of the rear axle, which puts the mass in the middle of the car and is why mid-engined cars change direction the way they do. The wheelbase is 2419 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.

Its place in the line

In the Alpine line-up the Alpine A110 (2017) has a clear place: it replaced the Alpine A110 (spiritual); the factory was Dieppe, France. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Porsche Taycan, the Lexus LC, the BMW X2. Nearby in the Alpine catalogue sit the Alpine A110 and the Alpine A210.