Why Is The Alpine A110 One Of The Best Sports Cars Money Can Buy?

3 October 2019 Redazione Alex Marrone, Experience

Why Is The Alpine A110 One Of The Best Sports Cars Money Can Buy?

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Sometimes the simplest answer is the most correct one and in the case of the Alpine A110 the secret of its incredible qualities lies in a recipe where “less is more” has been stretched in order to become “a bit less is much more”. Here you don’t have the raw mechanical feedbacks you have on a Lotus, but you still manage to feel the road imperfections crawling up your spine. We have power steering, so you can easily live with the A110 365 days a year, but it still remains a car with one purpose in mind: having fun.

The trunk – or let’s say the two small luggage compartments – are useful just for a couple of backpacks, but what else do you need if the only thing in mind is to look for a proper twisty road to tackle with your mate and squeeze the hell out of its 1.8 turbo. Actually, if you have 600-hp you may end up using a third of them – if not on a racing track – but having 252-hp on a 1,100 kg car means you can really use a heavy right foot from early morning, until you come back home at night, or as we did, roaming all night and living the Alpine experience as much as you can, because in the end you’ll never get physically tired at the wheel. If you’re looking to please your emotional need for a glorious sports car that doesn’t cost like a house and that can be used on a daily basis enhancing every bend you’re going to drive, this is definitely one of the best – and unusual – choices you can make.

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