Monday 30th May 2022

New Alpine A110 GT celebrates founder's birth

2022 marks 100 years since Jean Rédélé was born; time for the centenary special edition!

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There’s no such thing as a bad Alpine A110; whether faster and firmer or plusher and pricier, the innate genius of the package always shines through. It’s simply too good a sports car for any version to be anything but brilliant, so here’s another variation on the theme: the Alpine A110 J. Rédélé.

Monsieur Jean Rédélé is perhaps not the household name that Enzo Ferrari or Ferruccio Lamborghini might be, but as the founder of Alpine he was always going to be remembered at some point in this A110’s lifetime. Now is that moment, with 2022 marking 100 years since Rédélé was born, so please welcome the A110 GT Jean Rédélé Limited Edition.

Built from the 300hp GT model (perhaps our favourite of all the A110s), the JR is marked out by Montebello Grey “that Jean Rédélé was particularly fond of”, a gloss black roof and silver brake calipers. The theme is continued inside, with grey stitching for the black leather; a build plaque with Rédélé’s signature is also standard. Optional equipment includes the Focal Premium Audio, Alpine Telemetrics and heated seats.

Revealed at an Alpine celebration in Dieppe over the weekend, the Jean Rédélé Limited Edition will go on sale this Wednesday, June 1st. Alpine will build just 100 examples of the centenary special, and it’s on the UK site, though it’s not clear yet how many cars will be allocated for here. Expect a premium over the £59,440 a standard GT costs, and keep an eye on your Alpine app come Wednesday.

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[Vee12V]

So, the so called 'special edition' isn't very special at al.

[MightyBadger]

Looks great.

[Wab1974uk]

If you like Grey, Black, and Silver, it's the one to have !!

[Olivera]

I really like what the Alpine delivers as a driving experience, but after all this time I still can't get on with the looks.

[ate one too]

Chris Harris's Alpine had heated seats as standard.

[Bright Halo]

Great car, not keen on the colour combo though. Grey/Silver is a bit dull.

[smilo996]

As special as 99.5% of Porsche 911 specials then.
Like it though.

[ric p]

Agree, not my favourite colour combo. But this is one of the very very few cars currently in production that actually interest me. And would actually put my money into. Love it and saw a few at Angouleme a few years ago as well as Haynes recently. They look better in the flesh than the pictures.

The only others are the AR Giulia QF and the Emira really. Think automotive design has just left me behind. Or I’ve become a grumpy old ‘it was better in my day’ old man.

[Chubbyross]

I agree that these look much better in the flesh. I’ve seen a couple now and I actually stand and stare at them, more so than the ubiquitous supercars we get around London. I like this colour scheme too.

[Murph7355]

It somehow looks really dumpy to my eyes compared to the others in the range.

Does it have bigger wheels? If not, possibly just the colour.

[Venisonpie]

Murph7355 said:

It somehow looks really dumpy to my eyes compared to the others in the range.

Does it have bigger wheels? If not, possibly just the colour.

I think it's the colour scheme, the black roof makes the rear 3/4 look frumpy. In the flesh the cars look delicate and unique but somehow they've managed to dilute it.

[Roma101]

Yep, agree with the above - this colour combo and the wheels don’t suit it at all. I think it looks best in blue or white.

[Cobracc]

Still no manual gearbox....?

[Murph7355]

Venisonpie said:

I think it's the colour scheme, the black roof makes the rear 3/4 look frumpy. In the flesh the cars look delicate and unique but somehow they've managed to dilute it.

I've seen two in real life, one blue and one white. They both looked very good - small, well detailed etc.

This looks nether.

Just goes to show what colour and wheels can do.

[GTRene]

I do like this color, also some special version. S also nice contrast the carbon roof.

[HighwayStar]

Cobracc said:

Still no manual gearbox....?

Let it be…. It will never happen. Accept it.

[anonymous-user]

only weird looking car for me this one irrespective how it may drive not sure i could ever part with cash for those looks....

[Miserablegit]

I understand this run is sold out

[Sporky]

LBW2020 said:

only weird looking car for me this one irrespective how it may drive not sure i could ever part with cash for those looks....

Not having a go, but this seems weird to me. How much fun a car is to drive is surely enormously more important than how it looks.

[shih tzu faced]

Love the Alpine but this version isn’t doing much for me. Without wanting to sound too Brian Sewell about it, the black roof area draws the eye to the bodywork lower down and adds quite a bit of visual weight. Makes it look tubbier than it actually is. Also the wheel design, those long slender spokes make them look bigger than they are, the result is almost cartoonish on such a small car.

Can’t blame them for all these various special editions they do though, it gives them something to issue a press release about and remind everyone that they still exist.