Alpine A110 S Review - Is It Really That Good?

Big thanks to @nicowitwicki for the camera work! www.nicowitwicki.com/
I finally get to drive a car i've been eying for a long time, and it's even the S version of the A110. Is it really that good to drive? Is it better than a Cayman?
If you are interested in a test drive of the Alpine get in Touch with Oleg from the Alpine Center Frankfurt: [phone] , [e-mail] , @oleg_carlegends
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[@zoufmalade]

That's hands down the most enjoyable review I've seen of this car. Very natural, honest, classy, and the production value is just insane.

[@gumbokibelloh7754]

It's just incredible how you are able to get the car to progressively slide on winter tires and make it look so easy. Love the camera angles you played with made the review feel very high end. Cant wait for your next videos!

[@Gentleman...Driver]

It is more easy on winter tires, because the summer tires are more sticky.

[@JB-bp8uc]

Robert drifts every car he drives though, its really cool

[@Slideslikebutter]

I'd have one of these over a Cayman. They look cool, interior is amazing and it's something different.

[@rodrigoalmendro3118]

This channel has one very important element that gives your words and reviews credibility. And it is the fact that you can actually drive. I wouldn’t be the same if some bloke who couldn’t drive a kart remotely fast said so. Keep this amazing videos up.

[@heelandtoe_]

Thanks man, really appreciate that! Unfortunately too little car you tubers driver their cars properly...

[@JPB57]

This A110 design is really beautiful, and has some personality, specially the front. (OK...., it is just a question of opinion)

[@SpencerPlanton]

Great review. I drove the A110 ‘Pure’ and the ‘S’. I ordered the ‘S’. I test drove EVERYTHING (including the 718 Caymen GTS4.0). It is absolutely amazing. My background is Lotus Elise, Exige, Ariel Nomad and various other exotics. It is a drivers car and everyone gives you a thumbs up and wants to talk to you about it… Oh and I am over 50; buy the ‘S’!

[@DonFather]

7:11 For those who say "it's perfectly fine to have the paddles attached to the steering wheel," watch as he is turning the wheel and says it's a lot to deal with when pushing it to the limit. You'll be glad those paddles are fixed and in the same place every single time when you need them. Great video!

[@jupa5263]

Yes, but it surely depends on the car. If you are not drifting and not letting off your hands of the steering wheel it's quite nice to have the paddles where your hand is.

[@Gentleman...Driver]

@@jupa5263 Only when the steering gear is short like in race cars. Then you wont have to reach around in corners. Otherwise it is bullshit to have them mounted to the steering wheel.

[@SpencerPlanton]

Longer paddles that are closer to the wheel are available.

[@The888Redlich]

If you’re desperately grabbing for gears & sawing at the wheel half way through corners on the road you need to consider how you’re driving

[@vladstatnyk2839]

Love your videos man. I’ve been binge watching them throughout this whole quarantine.

[@feli0to0the0x]

Die Fahraufnahmen sind Weltklasse und sind ein Alleinstellungsmerkmal bei Auto Reviews. Bitte beibehalten

[@braaapstuuu9329]

Still waiting for another video like the lotus exige 380 reaction one, this one is just wonderful keep up the good work.

[@andreoost3128]

Cinematic with a nice vlog style out of focus ;) Love the Alpine, if i had the money this would be the one and only sportscar on my driveway

[@qdying4373]

makes me remember that lotus video ~

[@falken7610]

I feel I just made an incredible channel discovery. Just that feeling, 2 videos in, just want to watch all of them. Love how you explain and the aesthetic of the channel. Keep it up bro!!

[@DigitalDissident]

This car is so rare & special, I've only seen 1 once in Germany.

[@spyros9756]

Great review, great driving, cant wait!!

[@alansmith7121]

Thank you for doing what you do! Definitely my favorite review of this car. Be safe out there sir

[@giancarlodepasquale8860]

Great review, and really really good video quality (as always)! Waiting for the M3 rebuild too

[@nunobandeira1811]

Awesome review, new to the channel and so happy I found it. Great driving, love the car. Please get a mic, your in-car audio was less than great. Other than that, well done and keep it up! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@adamkelsall3942]

Really nice review. I’ve driven both the A110 & the S and there’s a distinct difference between the two. Both are very enjoyable cars and I’d love to own one. The difficult part would be deciding which one to go for. A110 is playful at road speeds. A110S has higher limits and would be better suited to someone who enjoys the occasional trackday. Interestingly the A110 is designed by engineers poached from Lotus & McLaren with a bit of Caterham and Renault Sport in the mix. What a machine!

[@robertofatello2165]

Loved the video and the driving. Perfection!!!

[@dedechecker]

Toll gemacht dein Review. Bleib dran! 👍🏽👍🏽

[@matthiasbux]

I agree in every point. I love the car and of course your high quality videos and driving skills are insane. Keep it up man!

[@B0F]

my favorite car channel honestly

[@TougeTouring]

Sick Video as always Mate🔥 That Gasstation is well worth the Trip, Roads up there are phenomenal

[@TeaVR]

Really really enjoyed that review!

[@henriksmedberg2570]

Very good review - nice and professional production but still with personal touch. Love that car!

[@aaryabhardwaj9255]

Hey you’re good ! Keep making these man love IT ❤️

[@martindeoliveira5128]

Great video, as usual!

[@jaimefanjul7334]

Amazing Video, Keep it up !

[@Parabloop3r]

great review! Subscribed

[@dserrand]

Great review.

[@jan-s7503]

Sehr schönes Video mit super Qualität 👍🏽

[@mp9742]

Dankeschön 👍

[@aaryabhardwaj9255]

Camera works are amazing bro

[@HardwareG33k]

Eure Videos werden immer besser. Ich vermute mal ihr macht das zu zweit, vielleicht zu dritt. Dafür ist die Qualität schon echt fantastisch und ich bin sicher sie steigt noch. Und natürlich super sympathisch sowie offensichtlich starkes Fahrkönnen. Ihr seid dem alten Chris Harris Format auf der Spur, gefällt mir super.

[@hairspringwatches]

There is so much potential in this channel.

[@vipermoon_]

Bruh. I can't put into words how good this video is but yeah, I love this car.

[@jordipau]

epic! great review! ...

[@081588101]

Interesting review of an interesting car. You are doing a great job.

[@JPB57]

Very good comments about this car

[@gearscorners8097]

The induction sound is heavenly.

[@dowlat454]

Great Video, loved it. The car looks very good with the colour white (subjective).

[@DumbledoreMcCracken]

Would buy if it was available in US, the concept cars were amazing too.

[@93455Driver]

Alpine have a lot of B roll here for their next ad, great video.

[@pchwang]

You need more subs man.

[@Franzino]

The A110 that is in our garage in runned in and ready for drives like this.....after Corona 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

[@mountjoy23]

Don't drink and drive !!

[@m.b.1558]

Bestes Review, tolle Aufnahmen, macht einfach Spaß anzuschauen. Kompliment an Film und Schnitt und an dich als Fahrer. Wunderschöne Driftaufnahmen! Leider bist du im Auto etwas schwer zu verstehen und manchmal, wenn du vor dem Fahrzeug stehst und was erklärst leider nicht immer scharf im Fokus. Ansonsten geiles professionelles Video.

[@foccachia]

Mega Video, so wie immer. An manchen Stellen ist es aber wirklich schwierig dich zu verstehe, da die Hintergrundgeräusche so laut sind. Nur als Hinweis für zukünftige Videos. Weiter so!

[@palan0004]

Can you say in witch area of the Schwarzwald this review was filmed? Very good review and cinematics are awesome!😁👍🏼

[@gunterpecher7702]

The best Alpine A110 review so dar. I own a low mileage 1M Coupé. Is it worth to change ist for an Alpine A110 in terms of driving fun on back roads?

[@Franzino]

Nice review! The shiftpaddles are indeed a little small and could be a little bit longer to the underside. But not much or my left knee (long legs) would hit them. 90% op the time I drive the A110 with manual shifts and never had the problem of touching the indicator stick instead of the shiftpaddle. My personal biggest downsides are the crap radio (worst FM/DAB reception ever) and the outdated multimedia (no Apple CarPlay, etc). Driving wise the car is awesome, but I'm really curious how the build quality and reliability is going to be I a couple of years of ownership.

[@simonnaim3822]

for you, what is the better choice between thi alpine and a porsche Cayman ? (even an old generation with a flat 6) or a lotus exige s 350 ? does the 4 cylinder sound good?Thank you for your video and your answer !!

[@gryphon123456]

You see very legitimate in your reviews. Great job. Where did you learn to be a professional driver?👍🏻

[@Michael-zx5ux]

New sub here from Joe Achilles channel. It would be awesome if you could get your hands in a Lotus Evora GT430 Sport in the future (when the COVID19 restrictions are taken down) . Almost no reviews about it and I think it deserves it.

[@ioannisioannou7518]

Nice work! Its basically a kart with 2 seats and cabin comforts. Would love to throw it around some twisties. But did I hear right, you of all people being okay with paddles ;)

[@heelandtoe_]

Must have been a mistake ;)

[@suhaylmotorwala4642]

Would love to see you review a 718 GT4

[@AlexVyndyukFilms]

I was really hoping we'd get it in the US. We hardly get any good imports

[@m.b.1558]

Ein Vergleich Alpine A110S vs Lotus Exige Sport 350 würde mich noch interessieren. Bringt der Lotus ein deutliches Mehr hinsichtlich Fahrspaß? Bin bisher nur die Alpine A110S gefahren und bin bisher absolut begeistert von der kleinen Französin.

[@neillee4406]

i wished it would be available in US

[@TranceFur]

It's pretty crazy that your production quality is on the level of EVO, and you only have 31k subscribers.

[@neilstewart1208]

Nice....

[@MakeItRayne]

Would you prefer this over an Alfa 4C?

[@Theartoffootball567.]

How did you close a public road?

[@dejafastfingersra9661]

Ein vergleich mit dem alfa 4c wäre cool

[@johnDe5tr0yer]

Does Alpine plan to have a manual down the road?

[@DrKampfpudding]

The front fog lights bother me so much . Idk if I could buy one for that reason

[@Max-dj5qj]

It's "lightweight", so that's where good driving fun comes from. In times of an 340i with 1700kg +, cayman 1400kg etc , it's pretty nice. I don't know why so much Luxus, electronics etc is built sport cars. Had more fun in a 1100kg fiesta st than in 1600kg 335i. And always the same annoying, unnatural exhaust sound with double clutch system... People should drive a kz2 shifter kart. Now that is lightweight performance and fun...

[@heelandtoe_]

Very much agree! Driving a race kart really puts you back to what racing is about. Lack of weight is the answer for a good driving car!

[@chagra5085]

Is it better than your exige?

[@jakovsmith9331]

when e46 video coming up?

[@heelandtoe_]

Soon! Driving there this weekend to continue the transformation from RHD to LHD!

[@bmwpower6468]

чувак, ты крут)

[@GRiiZZ]

290HP in a car that light while still having that much grip? What a beast, and it sounds gnarly for a 4cyl

[@heelandtoe_]

Yes, but forgot to mention that the interiior/cabin sound is very augmented through the speakers...

[@GRiiZZ]

@@heelandtoe_ oh wow, it's a good pumped in system then, because i didn't realize

[@blackbess338]

@@heelandtoe_ The speakers ? The sound is coming from a sound pipe behind the drivers seat connected to to the air overflow from the engine . So no, the sound is not coming from the speakers !

[@urosvukov4948]

Reminds me of the feel of a Quadrifoglio

[@willpine7343]

There is a disservice to the car in that, you cannot run that same road in summer with the nice sticky Michelins, love to see that!

[@fredericberthou]

It’s better than 718 four cylindres ! Congratulations Alpine

[@luiscamino]

6:17 whaaaat 😍

[@serhatylmaz6628]

0:18 song name pls 🙏

nice vid, but shame about the audio quality :

[@nathanwabre]

The tires between the two versions makes probably the biggest difference

[@aaronpark1738]

why do I keep thinking the driver will start an awesome drum solo

[@Mexxx65]

What is the most expensive Renault you can buy now?

[@MisterMaa]

nice car. the only thing that bothers me is the renault build quality and the cheap looking renault assets in the interiour

[@NeilCrossley]

It was lowered 4mm not 50mm

[@W.W.81]

Your videos are excellent but you need a mic for the on-board sections, your voice is hard to understand

[@mrmonday42]

You should switch to a camera with decent autofocus or just manually focus.

[@jeffreyb.1657]

Too expensive....otherwise wonderful. Good video.

[@ner__0365]

idk, i really prefer how this looks over a porshe

[@kampfspetzle]

Wenn das nächste mal in Freudenstadt bist sag Bescheid 😅😂 Da sind immer ,,abgesperrte ,, Straßen 🤣

[@The888Redlich]

Car seems great but auto only is a deal breaker. Cayman manual for the win

[@alexandernanev8955]

Comment.

[@HenkFueltank]

unbelievable you managed to get so many permits from the German bureaucracy to close off all those roads ;)

[@spiked-b5761]

Pretty cool image, but the sound is terrific. You should really get a Lavalier mic to get a closer sound and to make the voice pop out from the ambient noise, because most of your speach is drowned in the noise background because of the distance between you and the camera mic. Too bad you spent that much money on decent cameras, drone, etc, plus the time you spent on color correction and video editing and finally get a speach no one can clearly hear. I'm a sound tech and a sound editor/designer, if my help is needed.

[@heelandtoe_]

Spike D-B I completely agree. It was my biggest annoyance of the whole trip/film. But it’s all work in progress. Until now i didn’t really have the budget to get a separate sound recorder, but i got one now and will always be recording sound seperstely with a lavalier mic. Thanks for your honest opinion/tips! 👍🏼

[@Dark_Wings88]

Drove the a110 and the a110s. Would go for the normal one and save the 10k. If you don’t plan to track it you won’t really feel the difference. Biggest problems are boot capacity and that shitty infotainment system. The boot is not enough to go for a long weekend with your girlfriend. I believe even grocery shopping could be a problem. The infotainment is worse than in a Renault what is an absolute no go at that price point... And yeah! It is a lot of fun for a 1.8 turbo 😄

[@heelandtoe_]

I was amazed at how bad the infotainment is - something I unfortunately forgot to mention.

[@simonng2077]

Sound quality with the Focal system is great. Interface isn’t particularly refined, but I have Apple Car Play in my other car and I still just set my music using my phone. Navigation works well too. I’m not sure why people are so critical of it. I guess perhaps I tend to just set a playlist and leave it, or leave the whole thing off to listen to the engine :-).

[@PaulBd78]

I honestly don't really care about infotainment in this kind of car

[@Franzino]

My personal biggest downsides are the crap radio (worst FM/DAB reception ever) and the outdated multimedia (no Apple CarPlay, etc). Driving wise the car is indeed awesome...boot space is limited. When owning the car you have to keep this in the back of your head when going to the shop. You are indeed very limited in what you can put in the car. there goes less stuff in both trunks then you would guess at first sight. If you want to do more track then daily street get the S. We have a normal A110 (S was not available back then)...it's a daily + also some occasional track. For track it's a bit soft, so we are going to fit this Life110 suspension upgrade: www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/features/three-kind-alpine-a110-vs-a110-s-vs-life110

[@Franzino]

@@simonng2077 The Focal system does sound great (we have the Premium system with extra build in subwoofer).

[@phillipbiros3046]

a210 / a310 : am i a joke to you?

[@maximequillere8699]

the a210 was a race car for endurance not a road car

[@111Peter]

Closed roads? Really?

[@taylorjs2534]

Looks like remote (for Germany) high altitude road at 6 am to me ;-)

[@sindibadofbaghdad7915]

You didn’t indicate while turning on the road that’s not German

[@d33pNacho]

It's hard to hear your voice over the noise of the engine. If you used a microphone the quality of production of your videos would just be perfect.

[@JPB57]

What count in a real sport car is not the sbsolute power, this is the ratio weight power all in a light weight. For example 1100kg for 292hp will be much more performant in a road race than the same ratio: 1500kg for 398 hp. And for that, no other car can meet the Alpine achievement in this market. At a period when everyone is worried about C02 emissions , the consumer of an Alpine can be as low as 6l per 100 km in a normal long ride (I have experienced 6,1 l/100km on a ride of 800 km). Just give me another sport car with the same qualities and so low fuel consumption, for sure not the porsches for consumption, not the 4C and elise for confort in an every day use. And concerning the design, I think that they are all beautiful: 718, 4C,elise, Alpine... it is a question of personal tast.

[@Leonidae]

Would be better with a 6-speed manual..

[@domzbu]

Drifting constantly isn’t driving on the limit, it’s boringly repetitive, scrubs speed and is slow.

[@legionnairegonk4425]

I would guess most will save up the extra few grand and get the new Cayman GTS? The standard 110 may be a better option if you really want the Alpine, but within a few grand of the new GTS the 110s makes no sense. Alpine may even be slightly better handling, but a manual GTS with the new GT 4.0 is special car. Compared to the ordinary 4 pot turbo engine and it's soundtrack that the Alpine has (and the previous Cayman GTS 2.5...), all petrolheads know it's no comparison to the screaming rev thrill of the GT spec n/a engine. You have to hand it to Porsche, just when they have a challenger they up their game and blow it away.

[@Franzino]

In my country a similar equipped GTS 4.0 is 10.000euro more expensive then the A110S.