CO2/tax
144g/km
£180
Running costs
44mpg (A110 Legende)
£63.90 fill-up
Performance
0-62mph/top speed
4.5 seconds/155mph
IN 2025, it will be 70 years since the founding of a French car company that’s something of an institution in France, but which never made it big in the UK, despite hugely positive coverage across the media. Alpine was set up in 1955 by Jean Rédélé, who used Renault running gear to help create his sports cars; then in 1973 Alpine was swallowed up by Renault.
Back in the eighties Renault tried to conquer the UK market with its Alpine GTA, but despite glowing reviews, the car struggled to sell; its successor, the A610, suffered the same fate, leading to Alpine closing down in 1995.
Renault then revived the brand in 2017 with an all-new aluminium-bodied sports car, which is sublime but hasn’t set the market alight. Plus ça change.
History
THE A110 reached UK showrooms in spring 2018. At first, only a
