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ALPINE A110R

- Paul Horrell

One could approach this sceptically. The A110R is the track-ready version of the A110. It costs £90k, or roughly half as much again as the next-down A110S. It has not a single more horsepower, and despite all the carbon fibre it weighs just 34kg less than the S. On the other hand, one could cut it some slack. All Alpines are light, and even with 'just' 300bhp the A110R ends up with the same power-to-weight ratio and 0-62 time as a 420bhp Porsche Cayman GT4. But as it weighs a quarter less than the Porsche, the agility and feel could be wonderful.