We're waiting with bated breath to see how the Alpine-Caterham team
reinventthe Alpine A110's
winning mix of parts bin Renault running gear and minimalist sports car expertise. And with the project chief himself
a long-time A110owner
you can expect plenty of influence from that car in the finished product.
8C-influenced idea, complete with, well, horns
Autocar
and others online are meanwhile reporting on a Mexican built reinvention of the A110 that's a little further down the line than the 'official' one under development in Dieppe. Indeed, there are pictures. Renderings at least, showing an angular, mid-engined little sports car with plenty of visual references to the
Dinalpin A110s
that were licence built in Mexico.
There's not a whole lot to go on currently but something not a million miles from its fellow Mexican built sports car the Mastretta MXT looks likely, light weight and minimalism in the traditional Alpine mould the SST-77's direction rather than mega horsepower and supercar chasing pretentions.