FIRST LOOK: Alpine A110R – The Most Hardcore A110 Yet + Fernando Alonso Edition | Top Gear

Back in 2018, the Alpine A110 won Top Gear’s Performance Car of the Year award. We loved its lightweight agility and friendly balance. So how has Alpine spent the intervening four years? Turns out it’s been finding ways to save even more weight, add downforce and grip, and make the A110 a much more serious track-focused piece of kit. And the result is the 1,082kg Alpine A110R. It’s festooned with carbon fibre trinkets, the aerodynamics were honed in the Alpine F1 team’s wind tunnel, and they’ve got so serious about saving weight you don’t even get a rear wiper. Plus, there’s a special edition dedicated to two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso (just as he quits the team).

So is this set to be 2023’s best new sports car, or has Alpine got a bit too carried away. Join Top Gear magazine’s Ollie Kew for a deep-dive look around the new A110R.

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[woutercornet]

Love they made this and released it after Alonso announced he is leaving

[faustinaadu]

This shows that lightness means everything. This Car may have 300HP but as it weight less that 1100KG, it can do 0-60MPH in 3.9 Seconds🔥🔥🔥

[yissibiiyte]

Small sportscars are so underrated and overlooked these days

[RobCabreraCh]

They will now make a Ocon Gasly edition, with a limited production of 2 units.

[AhTriX]

As a past Alpine A110 PE owner, I can say these cars are NUTS. Miss it so much but needed more space !

[purwantiallan]

This Alpine A110R Alonso Edition is absolute amazing.

[juziu]

Ending of this video showing the Alonso specs was hilarious 😂

[rhyswilliams]

When he said alonsos motto. I definitely thought it would be.
"You always have to leavea da space"

[air-headedaviator]

This is the European car I’m most jealous of

[PoRRasturvaT]

They could have taken the engine closer to GT4 spec somewhere around 360hp. At this price this is obviously meant to be exclusive, track focused, and a showcase of their state of the art, so a bit of a disapointment they did not touch it.

[flacjacket]

As much as I prefer lightweighting to power I feel like they should have given it an extra 20-30 hp for the money that you know they are going to charge. It's a turbo engine, it's not like adding power is expensive.

[JTeam]

Love how he steps away from the front plate as if we hadn't seen what it said in the beginning lol

[elimondingwiza]

Fernando Alonso edition... a bunch of colour changes and a quote. WOW

[ChubiPanda]

I think I saw one of these the other day. I thought someone had bolted a cheap wing on the back of an A110. Not a fan. I'll take the standard model please.

[ankitbinesh]

The f1 level RnD is like Haas’ RnD for the VF21 ( for people not in the know, haas didn’t do any RnD on the 21 car the VF21)😭

[wolvoman]

'R' stands for Removed.
Removed during production usually means a higher cost, dedicate a model to a specific champion driver and the price goes up even more
Stick with the standard car and save a fortune, dont be drawn in to this hype.

[raldyjimenez]

Carbon fiber wheels may sounds cool but the drawback is it transmits more unwanted vibration unlike a magnesium or forged aluminum wheels not to mention its so damn expensive.

[-igg-]

Can't wait for the track times💨💨💨

[yaboiyosef]

Funky looks now beefed up with aero bits. Looks so unique

[nodnarbz_]

Isn’t Alonso’s motto: “YOU ALWAYS LEAVE THE SPACE.”