The Alpine A110's engineering genius.
Believe the hype. The Alpine A110 is a revelation, one of the finest sports cars ever made. And that wasn’t by accident.
This forced Twohig and the team behind the A110 to get creative with their money. They decided to lean on the might of the Renault-Nissan Alliance for major components like engine, transmission, switchgear, infotainment, climate control, and other parts, reducing costs. This freed up cash for the most important parts—the chassis and suspension.Weight defined everything with the A110. “Your readers have probably heard this cliche before, but it's still true,” Twohig says.
Any car except, apparently, the A110. “If we're on a dry track somewhere, you know on the West Coast, dry track, give me the keys to the Lotus all day long,” Twohig says. “The Alpine is— and we were very clear on this from day one–a road car. As we call it in Europe, a ‘B-road blaster’ or a ‘canyon car’ as my friends in California call it...it’s made for small roads, broken surfaces, wet roads, icy roads, it’s going to be with you.
The solution was using the same 1.8-liter turbocharged four-cylinder as the Renault Sport Megane and a dual-clutch transmission with no manual option. This transmission is heavier than a manual, but the dual-clutch design means it’s narrow. When paired to a small, transverse four-cylinder, there would be just enough space for the suspension arms. Twohig also said that from the outset, the team decided that the A110 would never have an engine larger than 1.8 liters.
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