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The (not quite so) new Alpine A110 is, by general consensus, one of the best sports cars of the 21st century, though it never got a cabriolet version, probably because the automaker is a small concern and must choose its targets carefully. That’s about to change, though, with a roadster version of the A110 coming in 2030, and it will be all-electric, too.
Alpine is working on the third-generation A110, with production of the second-generation A110s set to end sometime this summer. The third generation is expected to be all-electric and might even be lighter than the gas-powered A110, which has a 1.8-liter inline four-cylinder making up to 300 horsepower.
The all-electric third-generation also aspires to be spoken of in the same breath as the Porsche 911, and Alpine intends to keep its mid-engine driving dynamics, despite the jump to battery electric power. The brand will also introduce a roadster version of the all-electric third-generation A110, according to Autocar. Both the roadster and coupe versions of the third-gen A110 will have in-wheel electric motors.
A more powerful second car, said to be called the A310 but built on the same platform as the A110 and looking similar, will also be available in a roadster version, along with a coupe. That car, Autocar says, will be a fastback GT. Both will look more like the A390 (seen above on the left) than the current A110 (seen above on the right), which is a tribute to the original A110, one of the greatest sports cars ever. Still, the new A110 will be an A110.
“Alpine U.K.’s general manager, Nicola Burnside, described the electric A110 as the start of the ‘next chapter,’ adding: ‘It looks good, and it does look like an A110 should,’” Autocar writes.
Alpine has sold only a few thousand A110s per year since its launch, which is a fraction of the 40,000 to 50,000 Porsche 911s that are sold globally. Which means that Porsche isn’t quite shaking in their boots just yet, from a business perspective. From a car perspective, there is certainly mutual respect, if not envy, and Porsche will be watching along with the rest of us to see what the A310 has in store.
Erik Shilling is digital auto editor at Robb Report. Before joining the magazine, he was an editor at Jalopnik, Atlas Obscura, and the New York Post, and a staff writer at several newspapers before…
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