Renaults new Alpine special-edition sports car has Formula One parts

A new special edition of Renault’s Alpine A110 sports car has been unveiled for Europe with carbon-fibre components made in its Formula One factory.

Renault’s sports-car brand Alpine has tapped its Formula One racing team to help create a new special edition for its Porsche Cayman-sized Alpine A110 sports car sold in Europe and the UK.

Unveiled ahead of the Formula One British Grand Prix this weekend, the A110 S Enstone Edition is distinguished by a selection of parts made from the same carbon-fibre as Alpine’s F1 race cars.

Produced in the Alpine F1 team’s factory in Enstone, UK – giving the car its name – the race-derived carbon-fibre is used for the centre console finisher, storage area lining, and the “visor … with the A arrow [Alpine’s logo]”.

There will be 300 examples of the special edition – all still assembled alongside regular Alpine A110s in Dieppe, France – each with a numbered plaque under the centre console.

The Enstone Edition is finished in dark ‘Gris Tonnerre’ (thunder grey) and light ‘Argent Mercure’ (mercury silver) paint for the body, a matte black roof, and a gloss or matte black bonnet (standard in the UK or optional in mainland Europe) with a Union Jack decal.

Other tweaks for the special edition include 18-inch matte black ‘GT Race’ wheels, silver Brembo brake calipers, Sabelt racing bucket seats with Enstone Edition embroidery, and the options of an exterior aero styling kit, and carbon-fibre flag badges behind the front doors.

The car is based on the top-of-the-range A110 S, powered by a 221kW 1.8-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine good for a claimed zero to 100km/h acceleration time of 4.2 seconds, and a 275km/h top speed (with the aero kit).

Orders for the Alpine A110 S Enstone Edition are now open in France, priced from €85,000 ($AU139,000) – about 15 per cent more than €74,500 ($AU122,000) price tag of the regular A110 S in France.

The final Alpine A110 sports cars arrived in Australia in late 2021, after it could not meet strict new safety regulations for side-impact collisions. The last example was reported as sold in April 2022.

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