The Alpine A110S Brings 288bhp To The Lightweight Sports Car Party

The new 'S' version of the A110 comes with more power and fettled suspension
The Alpine A110S Brings 288bhp To The Lightweight Sports Car Party

Big power has never been the point of the Alpine A110. It’s considerably smaller and lighter than all of its rivals, meaning a bombastic headline figure just isn’t necessary.

That being said, the chassis is so sweet, you can’t help but wonder if a bit more poke might be nice. Let’s say an extra 49bhp. What’s that? Alpine has just made an A110 with a power bump of exactly 49bhp? Happy days!

The Alpine A110S Brings 288bhp To The Lightweight Sports Car Party

It’s called the A110S, and thanks to the turbo boost pressure of Renault’s 1.8-litre inline-four being increased by 0.4 bar, it produces 288bhp. It arrives at 6400rpm, 400rpm higher than the peak power mark of the standard car.

The 236lb ft torque figure, while unchanged, is available up to 6400rpm, 1400rpm higher than before. 0-62mph now happens in 4.4 seconds, a drop of a tenth.

The Alpine A110S has the standard A110's uprated brake option fitted as standard, plus new wheels wearing wider tyres
The Alpine A110S has the standard A110's uprated brake option fitted as…

The chassis wasn’t crying out for changes, but regardless, Alpine has seen fit to add 50 per cent stiffer springs and 100 per cent firmer anti-roll bars. The car sits 4mm lower than before on new 18-inch wheels that wear ever-so-slightly larger Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tyres that measure 215mm across at the front and 245mm wide at the rear.

The changes have increased the A110’s weight by a few kilograms, at 1114kg the S still makes its rivals seem like a bunch of fatties.

The Alpine A110S Brings 288bhp To The Lightweight Sports Car Party

To distinguish itself from other Alpines, the S wears special carbon/orange flag badges on the C-pillars, black Alpine script on the back of the car and orange brake calipers. Exclusive S options include ‘Gris Tonnerre’ matte paint and a gloss-finished carbonfibre roof that drops the weight by 1.9kg.

The orange theme continues in the cabin, where the contrast stitching and steering wheel 12 o’clock marker are finished in the colour. Elsewhere there are more flag badges, fancy aluminium pedals and Dinamica-trimmed Sabelt seats weighing just 13.1kg each.

Want one? It’ll set you back £58,700 before you start ticking options.

Comments

icke dude

Wow. Can we also get a new Corsa VXR in this day and age

06/13/2019 - 17:20 |
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Mr.Roberts

This car certainly nowhere near as beautiful as its predecessor, but it certainly carries the ethos, i mean 1114kg mid engine car with 288hp? Yes please. The only things that makes this look fat are MX-5s and Kei cars.

06/13/2019 - 18:04 |
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Saber Ali

AlPInE MAkeS iTS rivALS lOOk lIKE faTTIes

06/13/2019 - 19:14 |
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Pretty sure 4C production is finished now. Also the general consensus is that they’re not very good…

06/13/2019 - 20:09 |
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the best looking light boi

06/13/2019 - 22:44 |
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Anonymous

Disappointing as regard to the price gap (+12000 compared to a Pure at release). Instead of investing to develop a better tranny (the getrag7 was already well pushed (reliability?) and stays the same there..all this for cost saving..but while gaining 34kg ! Thus torque stays the same and 0-100 looses only 0.1sc. Basically customers will pay +12k for bit better dampers, sway bars and same tires (just a mount larger). And +40hp that will express themselves on high rpm (where the 1.8L will never like to be pushed btw). Exterior and interior styling are virtually the same (most people will have a hard time to distinguish it ouf of a normal A110 with a mat covering). Alpine bamboozle…

But at least thanks Alpine for listening and partly answering us..unfortunately with a 50% finished product (deliberately?) unless its price :D. At least this A110S will make the normal A110 price drop a bit quicker and us entusiasts can just be happy with that <3 #soonertobemine

06/13/2019 - 19:59 |
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Chewbacca_buddy (McLaren squad)(VW GTI Clubsport)(McLaren 60

Renault Alpine A110S BOOST &#x1F4AA;

06/13/2019 - 22:29 |
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DL&#x1F3C1;

Matt Robinson how was the throttle response on the A110?

I’m just wondering if this level of boost will make it worse.. :(

06/15/2019 - 06:46 |
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