The technology is not just for the new A110 but also for the larger A310 that will follow in 2028 to rival the Porsche 911 in coupe and Spyder forms.
“We are not targeting high volume,” said Krief. “We are looking at low volume, maximum exclusivity, so we need to use the systems, components and structure across all the models we can. For the soft-top, when we started thinking of it, we were already thinking wider.”
With the safety modifications baked into A110 at a platform level, the weight increase for the convertible version should be limited to that caused by the roof mechanism itself. The current A110 is one of the lightest new cars on sale at 1,102kg in its base form and Alpine sees light weight as central to its driver-focused ethos. The target for the A110 EV is 1,450kg and the Spyder could be only a little heavier than that.
Powertrain and performance
There are plans for the A110 range to expand well beyond the coupe and Spyder bodystyles with Alpine looking at powertrain choices and high-performance special editions. The A110 Spyder will launch in rear-wheel-drive form, possibly with a version of the advanced in-wheel electric motor technology previewed on the Renault 5 Turbo 3E. This extreme limited-edition hot hatch is ostensibly based on the Renault 5, but in fact uses Alpine’s APP platform, just as the A110 EV will.
It’s possible that this base car could offer close to 500bhp and Alpine has plans to go further with all-wheel-drive variants. These are likely to borrow the tri-motor 4×4 system that powers the A390 with its clever torque vectoring, and a power boost from the 464bhp it offers in the coupe-SUV.
Even further down the tracks, we can expect to see more powerful and lighter versions of the A110 Spyder in the mould of Porsche’s GT and RS models. Krief also confirmed that the platform is able to accommodate ICE powertrains, so the option of hybrid power could be explored in future if the market conditions demanded it.
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