Incoming - Alpine A110

[DJW]

Funnily enough nicked the missus’s SLK for 2 different trips around highlands a few years back. Great cars and tempted to pick up a diesel  version for circa £17k as daily driver 

 

[100th_Idiot]

2 hours ago, scotty435 said:

It’s not low-rent on the inside and good enough for Aston Martin to use there tech so why not Lotus and like I said Geely the biggest share holder in the company, for me make it happen what we have at the moment is a bit of a joke, still using a ford transit key and you can not even have a Dab radio, not good in this day and age or come to it not good enough 10 years ago.

Don't knock the Ford transit key when all these high end motors with keyless entry are getting stolen at will. I'll keep the key thanks .

[scotty435]

9 minutes ago, 100th_Idiot said:

Don't knock the Ford transit key when all these high end motors with keyless entry are getting stolen at will. I'll keep the key thanks .

How many ford transits have be stolen in the last 20years god only knows with the same key and I never mentioned keyless entry.

[DJW]

Speaking to BMW re a potential new daily driver I asked re keyless entry issue at the moment re thefts.  They have now changed key fob so it powers off if it senses no movement for a period of time.  Seems a simple fix. 

[100th_Idiot]

10 hours ago, DJW said:

Speaking to BMW re a potential new daily driver I asked re keyless entry issue at the moment re thefts.  They have now changed key fob so it powers off if it senses no movement for a period of time.  Seems a simple fix. 

They can still wait for you to get out of your car and prevent it from locking while you go wherever you are going.

[DJW]

They can wait with a knife. I feel comfortable it’s at least a step in the right direction .  

That said I would prefer old school keys to prevent predicament we find ourselves in. 

[geartox]

 

very impressive laptime...

 

[C8RKH]

1 hour ago, geartox said:

 

very impressive laptime...

 

How has it been modified?

[geartox]

I don't have all the details but : ohlins ttx 3 way, engine reprog 297 PS / 405NM

[DanR]

Great control cornering on two wheels...

[au-yt]

As Good as these may be and I did look at them at the release here in Australia.. No Manual and a odd sounding turbo yes its nice but I found the inside plasticy and no.

 

[C8RKH]

Looking at that picture it is Fugly at the front. Maybe just the angle of the picture but I wouldn't, not even with Barry's!

[USAndretti42]

Read an articles about Gordon Murray talking about his new supercar in which he said was going to benchmark the ride/handling compromise on the Alpine.  Before it came out, the Evora was his standard to aim at, he said.

[au-yt]

7 hours ago, USAndretti42 said:

Read an articles about Gordon Murray talking about his new supercar in which he said was going to benchmark the ride/handling compromise on the Alpine.  Before it came out, the Evora was his standard to aim at, he said.

More than happy with the old standard, fun fact he just bought a TC Europa and speaks very highly of it. He also thinks the new A110 is big....

[geartox]

 

 

 

alpine a110 + ice track = fun

[geartox]

 

 

 

 

[Gis]

Old vs new. The esprit is quite a bit lower and wider than the new Alpine.

[Guest]

My alpine in the mountains

An amazing car, a joy to thrash through the mountains... but still love my lotus more

 

[DJW]

@Beady

[au-yt]

Sadly the A110 is now not sold in Australia, as some numpty bureaucrat enforced the side impact intrusion bar regulation as of NOV 2021, 3 years ahead of Europe, and we only got 89 cars across all models.

As such the asking price second hand is now way over the retail price 😡