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Excellent suggestions. Well, there is a car like that... The Catheram!
Alpine A110 R70. The last round of LE A110s.
770 cars coming with classic colors, but inside this LE, a short batch of 70 cars each, in blue, white and red. Basically, a R with its carbon parts ( aerodynamics, rims, roof , rear diffusor and side skirts, rear windscreen changed for a carbon one ), sa...
So true, now imagine the idea I have ....
Instead of building that A290 keep building the 'expensive' special edition A110's and develop an aluminium hot hatch that weighs around 1100 kilos. Make it a bit less better built and put an engine with 200 hp to keep the price reasonable. After that dev...
Absolutely not :-)
The 200 hp from a 1.4 turbo ? The 120 hp from a 1.4 NA ? With those kerb weights and modern engines fuel consumption at normal speeds would be amazing. Who better than you knows that a very light car is easy on wear, tear and fuel consumption when driven ...
Naahh, Caterham is fabulous I know.
But a hatchback that you can use: In the rain Carries 4 Grocery potential Comfortable Wicked fast (120 hp - 700 kilo remember ?) Safer (a bit). Definitely cheaper. A lot of people would be interested, but probably not enough to make this happen :-( It wou...
Yes ...
That's still the one on top of my list, even before the A110. For the moment I still have the Clio, Megane and 205XS ... so no 'room' for extra cars.
Fitting finale!
It is a nice final edition for sure. As for transition to electric, the A110 as it is now was a loss leader to revive the brand. A brilliant car but they would have needed to sell at least 5 times as many to cover the costs. Still, they put the brand on t...
I guess making more...
Would first of all produce a higher loss. And just like with some other brilliant cars, like the first NSX, the market wasn't there for more, unfortunately. A lot of what the owners and enthusiasts appreciate about the A110 simply doesn't have mass market...
It's fine, perfect for my prepper's garage!
Along with a Mini JCW, A GR Yaris, an Alfa Romeo Giulia... Any other forbidden fruits?
Such a shame such a great car will no longer be made.
I think for me the blue is the best colour, and piff who needs to see where they have come from only forward and side vision really matters. I wonder if Alpine hadn't spent so much on an F1 team maybe they could have used the money on this and other model...
