The R is very expensive and no more powerful than the S. Still interested?
Clearly, the A110 R is not meant for everyone. If its asymmetrical carbon wheels and fixed spoiler don’t alert you to that fact, the blanked-off rear deck certainly does - especially when the fans mounted just beneath the composite are emitting a steady, cooling hum in Sainsbury’s car park. The model’s devotion to a track-first ethos is so overt, in fact, that you might experience a twinge of guilt from trundling to the shops in it.
And why wouldn’t it? Alpine has spent the last year telling anyone it can get to sit still for five minutes that motorsport and circuit-based goodness are the lifeblood that pumps through its corporate veins - and if you buy into that, then an R derivative of its mid-engined sports car is an understandable outlet for all this pent-up enthusiasm.
Initially, driving it on UK roads bears this impression out. The standard A110 is one of the most supple, deftly controlled sports cars ever made. The A110 S,, is appreciably sportier, but not to the extent that it subverts the original recipe. The A110 R, 10mm closer to the ground by default on stiffer springs and anti-roll bars, is unapologetically firm in a way that speaks to how it goes round fast corners.
Then, when there is a chance to push on a bit, you don’t think about the petrol motor much at all. And that’s because the R’s all-action vibe is wonderfully easy to tap into, and very moreish when you do. The percussive, stiff-necked ride quality unwinds splendidly on smoother country roads; never with the imperturbableness of its siblings, of course, but what you lose in pliancy you recoup in surface connection and, ultimately, cornering speed.
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