RE: Alpine A110: Driven

[Franzino]

Miserablegit said:

The film is cut to fit around the lettering.

Thanks for the info...I was thinking they removed them and refitted the ALPINE letters on the PPF...

[Franzino]

Miserablegit]ranzino said:

Last week my girlfriend (who is future owner) was invited to drive the A110 for a couple of laps on track. Our friendly Alpine dealer arranged it that I could come along and drive the car also

Very well organised day by Alpine...and also nice to see some other future owners.



Looks a fun day- has gone down like a lead balloon with quite a few owners as the owners had to pay to attend and prospective owners were given it for free...

Anyway onto better news, one of the owner sites made me aware of this:
http://www.litchfieldmotors.com/blog/alpine-a110-e...
Litchfield have got the A110 up to 300bhp and 300lbft.

At the moment I don't need any more power but it's good to have the option when I get used to the power it has...

I'm very curious what the final result is going to be from the Litchfield Alpine...the suspension is what I'm also curious about. The power gains are nice, after reading some things about power gains; I was under the impression that the standard Alpine DCT gearbox could only handle a maximum of 320nm (236 lbft). Why would Alpine themselves not calibrate the engine to produce 300bhp instead of 249bhp?

[Miserablegit]

From the figures it appears the Alpine produces more bhp and torque as standard than reported. This might just be the PE cars as they did not have to be wltp compliant.

I’m guessing the reason alpine didn’t turn up the power was there was no need to and it leaves power in reserve for the anticipated R.S. version.

One-up the Alpine is hitting 100kph in 4.2 seconds in standard PE trim.

[bcr5784]

From what I read on the French FAR forum there are two issues which are a concern when increasing power. Water temperature can go through the roof under continuous track use and the engine goes into safe mode. Running without the engine cover helps. And, as said, the torque capacity of the gearbox is quoted at 320nm. It has been said (speculated?) that the gearbox clutch oil temperature rather than the strength of the gears that is the issue. Higher powered versions are said to be going to use an extra oil radiator. All a bit speculative at the moment and I shall be wary of doing anything until the situation is a bit clearer.

[Miserablegit]

I see the final PE has been built so the factory can start building Pure and Legende models.
I have only seen one other PE out in the wild

[Helicopter123]

ash73 said:

Franzino said:

Looks great in orange and black.

+1

That's the first colour combo I've really liked.

[Kelria]

A little update from across the chanel:

Waiting time here in France is down from 14 to now about 8 months.
This week Alpine introduced a 2% price increase.

Alpine won the international GT4 cup in Bahrein, with Audi R8 LMS 2nd and BMW M4 3rd

According to lastest serious rumors, we are expecting an S version (AS110 ??) to be unveiled in October. There has been a lot of talks about that for now quite some time, so let's be cautious. A sexy Targa version is also quite high on the wish list here

Hope you have fun

Edited by Kelria on Monday 4th March 18:02