RE: Alpine A110 | PH Fleet

[Sporky]

Metallic apple green would be ace.

[TurboBlue]

Julian Thompson said:

Lardy and awful?

To be fair, that's the pearl white, which has a blue shade in it - it also costs an extra £1,656.

Sporky said:

Metallic apple green would be ace.

If I'd been braver and less caught up in the spec and the costs, I'd have had the plain no cost white and wrapped it in a proper '70's lime green or tangy orange.

[Nerdherder]

Flanners said:

Love the car and the grey and blue colours suits it whilst the white makes the car look pretty lardy and awful. I reckon a candy metallic red would look delicious too.

Julian Thompson said:

Lardy and awful?

I'm with Julian on this.

[Julian Thompson]

Or you could go for normal white...

[Nerdherder]

Ps Primrose Yellow (Jag colour) for me please on the non-existent Alpine paint to sample programme.

[Nerdherder]

TurboBlue said:

If I'd been braver and less caught up in the spec and the costs, I'd have had the plain no cost white and wrapped it in a proper '70's lime green or tangy orange.

Both wraps would have been awesome choices.

[Julian Thompson]

I expect an A110 paint to sample in something like this to be extremely hard to resist!!!

[TurboBlue]

Nerdherder said:

TurboBlue said:

If I'd been braver and less caught up in the spec and the costs, I'd have had the plain no cost white and wrapped it in a proper '70's lime green or tangy orange.

Both wraps would have been awesome choices.

The S version is crying out for an orange paint option - as it has orange trim inside and out.

Don't get me wrong about the plain no cost white, that was the colour of my order until a late heartfelt change of plan.

Julian Thompson said:

I expect an A110 paint to sample in something like this to be extremely hard to resist!!!

Oh yes!

[Sporky]

Yup. No regrets here on going Alpine Blue, but green would have been hard to resist.

[ant leigh]

Julian Thompson said:

I think a white one would be an interesting car. I declined to purchase one this year because I felt that the car wasn’t as hardcore as an Elise which I had wanted for a long time.

What is interesting is that I still really fancy one now that I own the Lotus. It seems like the A110 has a special personality of its own.

For me I think the new S model will perhaps be the one.

The Alpine is my daily driver.
It does have a personality of its own and it’s just a great drive at any speed.
I intended ordering the blue but when I saw the grey in the showroom I changed my mind. The grey is great in the sun and I do prefer the blue callipers.



I decided not to sell my Elise (the original plan) as they both do have very distinct characters. I think it sums up what a great car it is in the fact that on a nice weekend for a great drive out the Elise isn’t the automatic choice.

[TurboBlue]

I expect this would be quite a marmite choice. Which is why they haven't offered it.

No jokes about wheel options please.

[bcr5784]

Julian Thompson said:

I think a white one would be an interesting car. I declined to purchase one this year because I felt that the car wasn’t as hardcore as an Elise which I had wanted for a long time.

What is interesting is that I still really fancy one now that I own the Lotus. It seems like the A110 has a special personality of its own.

For me I think the new S model will perhaps be the one.

I think you should try one. I think a 220 Elise is terrific too - but an A110 has something very special too. It's one of those cars which you want to drive and which get under your skin. For me a Caterham does, an Elise does - but so does an A110. And an A110 does the boring stuff which few alternatives do.

[simonbamg]

Needs black wheels

[TurboBlue]

simonbamg said:

Needs black wheels

You mean like this

[Nerdherder]

TurboBlue said:

simonbamg said:

Needs black wheels

You mean like this

Ooh la la

..Red callipers stick out a bit though.

[TurboBlue]

Nerdherder said:

Ooh la la

..Red callipers stick out a bit though.

I think they are orange!

[Nerdherder]

TurboBlue said:

Nerdherder said:

Ooh la la

..Red callipers stick out a bit though.

I think they are orange!

Ah yes, indeed. And less L.

[Miserablegit]

Nerdherder said:

After looking at boring new options for transporting te family today, the B110 (Berline) appeared to me in a vision.

That a good looking car - well done but I think with four seats the luggage space would become the issue unless there was more space behind the rear seats

[swanny71]

Congrats Dan, fantastic car in a lovely spec. Looking forward to reading much more over the coming months.

simonbamg said:

Needs black wheels

It absolutely does not.

[sjabrown]

That grey does look good. Just had a look at the available colour options: are they really only available in whites, blues and greys?

A metallic green like this, or even a darker green would look good