Hardcore Softcore: Alpine A110 R Nürburgring First Drive

Thanks for that moment ! Ou en français ! Merci 🙏

[@Szabison]

Solution for the paddle shifters: MP Rezeau

[@tudon5774]

ça fait plaisir de te voir sur sa chaine!

[@QuantumJJean]

Mica! You were in Montreal, Canada Nice to discover a little of you. Bonjour!!

[@beware50110]

Tu fais partie des 1% français qui savent bien parler en anglais, félicitations 😂

[@fredericjaumotte2838]

Bonjour,ce qui est marrant,c'est que vu la plaque on dirait une voiture de location,j'ai remarqué qu'elle commence par GL,GK,..G

[@adladl4276]

Misha's created a dream job : people come to him with amazing cars and ask him to drive it around the Nürb.

[@dubistheonlysolution]

Someone’s got to do it 🤷‍♂️

[@SuperWhiteBarry]

I was just wondering watching this video, this is a kind of job that never gets depressively boring, does it?

[@dubistheonlysolution]

@@SuperWhiteBarry constantly asking people to remove any loose items

[@kennethsev7243]

@@dubistheonlysolutiontoilet paper

[@dubistheonlysolution]

@@kennethsev7243 no you’ll need that when mishas driving

[@nikhilpallut2341]

One of the most underrated car. Mid engine so well planted to such a light chassis. Weight distribution is so amazing. Amazing direct steering. Good power to weight. What an underrated track car. Well done alpine

[@deutsch323]

It’s not underrated 😅

[@ALIENWAREGTX]

It’s not underrated…. People know this car is fast , and well made …

[@baph8807]

Not underrated people just want heavy German cars to pull bitches (or other men)

[@sinonose]

Underrated????Hahahahha

[@icedfluid]

It's not underrated. There are plenty of Alpine on each trackday in Europe.

[@adladl4276]

One of the smoothest drive ever.

[@andywright1634]

That car just made it look too easy.

[@shocka007]

@@andywright1634 Carlos Ghosn, The man The Legend who allowed Genius Level people to create beautiful Sports Cars and screw the haters

[@garyn1780]

@@shocka007 lol, he is a scammer.

[@stratman9449]

great car...nice ratio of power and handling.

[@preventiondechets1767]

@@shocka007 C'est surtout Carlos Tavares à l'époque chez Renault qui a poussé pour un retour d'alpine

[@alpe6228]

Ton francais est excellent Misha!

[@Termi800]

Carrément ! Surtout pour quelqu'un qui ne pratique plus depuis un moment, j'étais devant mon écran en me disant "quoi ?? Misha parle français ?!" et en plus il a bien parlé, cet homme est plein de surprises.

[@alpe6228]

@@Termi800 On peut voir que Misha est quelqu'un de très instruit a la base, ca ne me surprends pas du tout.

[@tlvidriss5806]

Waw misha respect ! 🔥🔥🔥

[@jackc628]

Great drive, car looked so planted! Extended shift paddles are available from Life110 and can easily be fitted at home 👍

[@cib2413]

Wow, this car looks like a weapon. Such great turn in and overall stability.

[@NORWAYORNOWAY]

It is amazing -- looks/handles like it weighs absolutely nothing, but might also be combined wtih perfectly setup alignment. Just wow. Well done guys!

[@leomit5o]

@@NORWAYORNOWAYit weighs 1084kgs, so that’s basically nothing for a modern car😅

[@jimtaylor431]

You caught up to the Exige and I thought "this will be a good comparison to the Alpine!" .. and then you went straight past it 😂

[@bartiger245]

hate to say, but the ring is more a hp track then a handling one.. but yeah would be great to see these two cars in tight twisties ;D

[@RiasGremoryS54]

@@bartiger245 Depend on what section

[@MathGauth67]

Lol, it's totally different in each section ​@@bartiger245

[@pavelbratchenko3885]

I can feel how light this car is through the video. Amazing handling and stability, a joy to watch!

[@masongilligan2856]

The A110 looks sick, that paint code looks frickin wild in the light. Seems to be really smooth on track too. The original 1970's was such a beautiful and iconic rally car, it's good to see that Alpine created a car that captures some of that same spirit in the modern day.

[@Hammar89]

Misha you don't speak French? Gives the longest explanation to how he doesn't, in French 😂

[@Gercollector]

Such a fantastic and underrated car! Can‘t wait to drive my one on Nordschleife very soon too!

[@mgcharoudin]

Bring it on Wednesday!

[@mc1996]

A 110.000€ car is not what we call underrated...

[@clio2rsminicup]

"underrated" an A110 especially the "R"?! WTF? You are just an uneducated person in this car, quite simply...

[@fabricefauconnier2358]

​@@mc1996normal,its a A110 ahah

[@arnaudb1120]

Underrated has nothing to do with the price …

[@adladl4276]

This car stock is a beast on track. Only 1100kg. That makes a huge difference with a Porsche for example.

[@Ftol3]

The weight would be my next question. Tks

[@sammyjjoo]

May be the owner could add after market plastic paddles to the shifters!?

[@BlueHopi144]

its barely heavier than a Twingo RS !! but with may better downforce & power

[@stratman9449]

or any other "tractor"......

[@existentialselkath1264]

The best looking modern sports car imo. Absolutely beautiful

[@jochem1986]

The rear of the car slopes down too much to be beautiul. It needs to be slightly more stocky at the rear, like the 4C or the Lotus Elise.

[@XxXDOMINIONXxX]

the price makes it garbage.

[@conor-m]

It looks like the scientist from Lilo and Stitch

[@smaxfpv1337]

It misses stance, presence and proportion. Also the body side is a bit flat for its design features. Plus the rear is sloping down way too much. I’d argue the emira takes the title for that In that price category.

[@ReinerSchwarz-rb6xg]

I find there look very ugly!!

[@graysonlove27]

I wish we had these available in the States. Fantastic car! 300 hp seems more like 350 or more the way it accelerates. Looks like an easy drive for Misha. Well-balanced street weapon!

[@BabbelBaba]

Mind that the speedo is on kmh, not mph. Acceleration is the biggest caveat on the alpine. But the cornering performance amazing.

[@cjxj2202]

I agree, I'd love to have the A110 here, especially this version. My only minor "criticism" is that beep for the shift indicator sounds like something you'd hear lying in a hospital bed.

[@NicolasBERTHELOT-s3q]

light is right! won't stand a chance on a straight but perfect for twisty tracks or roads, you can upset some big guns

[@LincolnsLawyer]

9:10 Alpine vs Lotus! A shame the Lotus gave up so easily.

[@staLkerhu]

Jason Fenske did a few rounds in one if I remember correctly. Are you sure it is completely unavailable?

[@DrivenToChaos_0331]

What CAN'T this man do?? Drive anything on wheels, fluent in 5 or 6 languages, and can even impress a Frenchman! 🫡 A proper iteration of the A110, looked fairly dialed in with room for adjustments, you seemed rather pleased with it. Don't get to see too many of those...

[@stoneeh]

A real Renaissance Man.

[@_Atomic_impact]

The french wast that good But still it Made sense. I thought He was belgian, we speak quite a lot of languages to be honest.

[@goobingtons]

He speaks 5 languages??

[@jasoncook1276]

I'm always impressed with Mischa

[@matimus100]

He can't live without superstition

[@philtechGT3]

I'm not French. I'm more into German cars, but damn I love the Alpine A110, I drove one on track and it's an amazing car. Definitely a good option to a GT4 or a Lotus !

[@GrotesqueChris]

Wow, that's a beautiful car I'm gonna have to look into.. I want one of them!

[@stoneeh]

Impressive. Looks stable, supple, agile, all of those adjectives 😀. Though they're asking >100k€ for this, which I think is proper nuts for a low reving 4cyl turbo.

[@mgcharoudin]

Totally agree

[@davvehallberg]

Can you buy a lesser version and do upgrades yourself?!

[@biafo4541]

I hate justifying a cars silly pricetag by highlighting others cars silly pricetags but a VW Golf R is around 50k and new M3s and C63s are 100k. At least this is special and pretty and Gordan Murray has one. 😂 I'm clutching at straws here, new car prices these days are just insane.

[@kingphiltheill]

@@biafo4541 you're right. But I bought one too especially because it's not a Porsche so not everybody has one. And because it's insanely light for a modern car.

[@hamsterbrigade]

@@biafo4541 Does the Golf R, M3 or C63 weigh under 2800lbs and have double wishbone front and rear? I'm not even sure the M3 or Golf R aren't using struts. I think the c63 might be multi link all around. The engine is a let down but you're cross shopping cars that aren't offering the same thing i.e. a light weight sports car.

[@nov2263]

i love that the CC translations says "Music" when Misha speaks but not when the french guy speaks xD

[@papapetad]

As mentioned in a bunch of comments, this looked super smooth. The way it flows reminds me of McLaren laps. Waiting for some nutter to bring a k-swapped one to you for a fast-forwarded version of this with cool sound. Can't argue with how it performs as is though. Stand-out car and all the reviews are very positive.

[@pydu91]

I have worked on a previous iteration of the rear wing and front bumper of this car back in 2018, during an internship at Renault Sport Cars back then. Feels special to see the car we shot in the wind tunnel out on track on your channel. Sadly I couldn't pursue in working for them, but still have a place in my heart for this car. Thank you for making this video Misha!! I would love to be back working in the industry !

[@bbb12345]

I love this car since it was born. And excellent driving as always, Misha.

[@gt4lex]

The A110R is the first car I'd buy if I had unlimited budget right now. Love it, love that you got to try one. I got to seat in the S, the GT and the R, and honestly, I found the R's seats to be the most comfortable of them all despite their intimidating look. Regarding the paddles, MP Rézeau makes extended ones.

[@fiestaria]

Front end grip looks absolutely spot on - the car is beautifully dialled in. And yes, top marks for speaking French Misha:)

[@billg26]

There was a Mini Lightweight Battle at the Carroussel! 🤗 So nice! 🥰

[@_Bryant.R]

There may have been a yellow Exige for sale shortly after that moment haha.

[@Blafard666]

What a car ! such a smooth ride ...

[@AvantiMoltoVeloce]

One of the sharpest drives I've ever seen on this channel. Wonderful car!

[@dupoirier5041]

What a ride !! Very Nice this Alpine !

[@thomberg8091]

This was a very relaxing lap. Nice to hear you speak french by the way. You're better than most of the english-speaking Montrealers! And you really pronounced ''université'' like a quebecker, you're so cool!

[@mesco8200]

Driven one and runs great, ignore the on paper specs it feels and drives like a proper sports car. Brilliant

[@toniozz2126]

It seems so fast with an incredible chassis! We didn't hear the tires once as the car turns really easily! what a car

[@remypriou5608]

Misha pilote avec une décontraction incroyable ! Calme, serein et précis dans les trajectoires. Son pilotage professionnel permet de voir le potentiel incroyable de l'Alpine A110 R. Merci pour cette vidéo.

[@pyscripted04]

Amazing car! This is why its my dream car! Just so solid in the corners!

[@MasterSam85]

bwahaha didn't expect Nicolas to be there, I clicked for the Alpine but glad to see two great car content creators together ! I'll go watch the video now :P

[@amonep1534]

Meeeeerde le Micha qui parle Français quoi !!! excellent, c'est franchement pas mal bravo ! 🤗🤗🤗

[@BlueHopi144]

Sebastian Loeb just won a rally with this Alpine , with an amateur Team !! Great car ! great review !! thanks again

[@andypullin4702]

That's a very well set up car, so smooth through Foxhole, not upset by any bumps, kerbs or anything. No wonder Gordon Murray has one, he loves lightness.

[@damienbonamy925]

After the Xsara 16V and the 500HP Twingo, the Alpine is the third finest french car on the channel! Et bravo Misha, tu parles très bien français 🇨🇵

[@stefanboeykens8874]

This just looked too easy with very little steering corrections at very high speed and good comfort. It just seems less exiting because of the perfection. Great car and superb driving.

[@xXxH8TERxXx]

Looks like a fun car on track 😎

[@rickjames6867]

Wonderful little car. Seemed to be right at home at the Nurburgring. Proper driving as usual. Great content.

[@PandaTony19]

So far favourite lap and modern car , amazing speed and sound, smooth operation, no abnormal tyre/suspension ground/body scratch. Amazing car, amazing driving.

[@ichigo54650]

Moi qui regarde depuis un moment c’est la première fois je crois que je vois misha parler français ça fait plaisir et oui il parle plutôt bien français en faite

[@thegatesofsleep]

I went from not knowing who you were to immediately clicking on your videos. I LOVE the ring. It’s my dream to fly to Germany and rent a car for a week or 2 straight driving. Keep safe and thanks for all the amazing videos!

[@Franzino]

The standard paddle shift is indeed too short…fit some longer Life110 shift paddles like we and most A110 owners do > problem fixed 😇 We have a slightly modified A110 that has done many Nürburgring laps; I can confirm it’s not the fastest; but a great and fun car… ❤

[@lornaandretti1701]

luv this car a110r>>>> great drive Mischa and passenger ...

[@joachimbrands2781]

Saw this car the first time in motion beginning of August by a "Sportfahrertraining XL" on the Nordschleife and I was really impressed how smooth and fast it was. Very very nice!

[@josteinholen1312]

When you have good coilovers, you can have whatever ride and driving characteristics you want. I love my KW V3 on my Fiesta ST200. It is hard to imagine how much quality suspension can improve a car, before you have experienced it yourself.

[@betterbeavailable]

That is a stunning car. Deserves more praise.

[@studiomarand]

They are Brembo brakes. The same calipers you find on Alfa Romeo Mito QV, 4C, Abarth 500, Fiat Punto Abarth, etc... I have the same adapted to my 156. They use a 305mmx28mm disc.

[@UltimateDan1]

I played with one of these at Spa last year in my M2CS. I was very impressed with it. It performed very similar to it.

[@akis510]

Your M2 has 200 stock whp more. If Alpine performed very similarly I advise you to improve your driving skills. M2 is a beast. Alpine is not even close to this.

[@UltimateDan1]

@@akis510 the A110R is over 1,000lbs lighter than the M2CS. Also it’s auto compared to my manual. Lastly, it wasn’t a race so I’m not risking collision to pass.

[@akis510]

@@UltimateDan1 it is 1000lbs lighter but M2cs is 3lt twin turbo with huge amount of torque. It can top 280 kph and accelerate like a bullet. Your engine will last for ever while Alpine is very limited because of 1.8lt You have made a great choice with M2. Just be extra careful because it is a dangerous car.

[@maxiem1990]

I live in Quebec, like always good content Tu es vraiment plaisant Misha merci!

[@DoNuT_1985]

My 60-year old neighbor has one, I think even including the carbon rims, I actually like the forged ones like here better but it looks like a proper race car in full trim. Too bad that besides driving it once in a while, he always fires it up in his garage... if he only knew that the motor isn't the most precious engine in the world but just derived from an 1.8 turbo that you could get in the last-gen Espace, which he ironically also owned.

[@EthanolEnthusiast]

Great anecdote

[@kingphiltheill]

Might not be the most fancy engine but it sounds very nice for a four pot and revs freely to 6500. I'm satisfied with my A110 GT. It was developed on a really tiny budget and if Renault would have developed a more interesting engine especially for it, it would have been way more expensive. And the car taxes being as insane as they are in France, which is the main market for the car, I think it's fine.

[@DoNuT_1985]

​@@kingphiltheillIt does the job and fits into the package but I only wish it would sound better when I get the sound blasted through the office window just from the other side of the street. 😁

[@kingphiltheill]

@@DoNuT_1985 the guys from Throttle House thought it is the best sounding four cylinder in production. Personally I can't really complain but I'm also sitting inside of it. ;-)

[@DoNuT_1985]

@@kingphiltheill Does still sound better than his 125cc scooters and model airplanes he fires up, too. Don't really get it on the 110R, it's not as if you had to adjust carburetors or anything. It's a modern turbo engine and it suffers more from driving it than from not using it. 😁

[@AI-Records24]

I normally don’t like these types of cars but that actually looks really fun and handles nicely exactly as you said looks very stable and stable is smooth smooth is fast 😅

[@Nudel-nc1cp]

That's a bloody fast car and good looking one aswell. 👌

[@PkNoODl3rS]

FR : Une joie d'avoir une belle française, présentée par Misha et apportée par un français passionné, la rencontre parfaite, et le français de Misha est super, ça m'a agréablement étonné EN : A joy to have a beautiful French car, introduced by Misha and brought by a passionate Frenchman, the perfect meeting, and Misha's French is great, it pleasantly surprised me.

[@MrBUESUM]

Votre vidéo et la balade sont c'est magnifique 😎

[@_monti142]

thats a very cool dash, showing live steering angle, power and torque :D

[@davidhilton8680]

That Alpine looks very well sorted in the Twisties...superb!!

[@johnvallery2108]

merci pour le tour en alpine !

[@alexislebienheureux1459]

The car looks so nice to drive and pretty fast! As usual, thank you Misha

[@cortesaleatoriosdoroxinho6547]

I'm Brazilian, if I ever go to the Nurburgring I really want to ride with you! LETS GO!

[@EdgyNumber1]

Jeezus that felt quick and really quite planted. I may have to invest in one of these.

[@NealeSmith76]

2 seconds of 6th gear right at the end! 😆 What a lap for a factory set up!

[@subaruwrxsti300]

Misha speaking french is amazing! Félicitations! Très impressionnant! Love from Canada!

[@zake881]

Definitely a car i want to own someday, currently have a Megane 250 so this seems like a good upgrade

[@matteocecconi7560]

Wow misha let me tell u u speak insanely good French for someone that didn't speak it for year it's easy to understand u and ur phrase are nicely construct

[@raphaelcazenave-leveque7991]

Love that dashboard and instruments

[@simonmastromatteo5692]

Cheers from Montreal 🤘

[@KolbenfresserTV]

never seen this car before, looks great :) thanks for sharing

[@GENXEGDXB]

Life 110 sells replacement paddles

[@Pure-Luck447]

1.5 million subs already, I do love these Alpine's

[@vazyla92]

I'm glad you finally got to try the R version ! I was kind of disappointed to watch you drive the GT which is the less fit version for the track

[@lucwijngaard8413]

This would be my favorite car to drive on the ring at the moment

[@typeRF20c]

Je suis ultra fan. Merci :) Misha tu parles plutôt bien, on te comprend à 100%.

[@rx7dude2006]

Looks very stable,planted and predictable all great things.

[@stratman9449]

very nice car...great performance and handling....the Lotus looked good too...but lacked the power then.....

[@bbb12345]

Love that part where you mention Ayrton Senna.

[@arvidssondrago3496]

My two favourite KZbinrs, it's perfect ! ❤❤

[@x155342]

This is a really good car, specially for rally.

[@augure2589]

Yep, Papa Loeb just won the Mont-Blanc Rally in front all rally2 french championship (highest level tarmac rally championship in the world) cars with this (little tuned) car.

[@oussadan83]

Yeah le bon mécanique sportive is here ^^ Super crossover les gars 👌

[@QuantumJJean]

Your French is really good. never lose a language that you know.

[@esaipien]

Oh sympa de voir Nicolas 🎉🎉🎉

[@Scheltokeeper]

One of my personal favorite cars! I love the design and the performance is simply impressive. Unfortunately way too expensive for what it is, but I would prefer it to any Porsche.

[@siyabongamiya4851]

too bad alpine cars are'nt offered in the RSA car market. The joyous sound of that engine makes me smile like a child whenever changing gear. thanks for the lap misha!

[@htimmermans1938]

Great sound for such an engine

[@d3vilfish80]

One of the best car releases in the last years

[@IamnotClarissaOakes]

On rails. So much speed carried through those corners with no drama.

[@nicolasprsn4527]

Ah ah!!! Pour une fois on retrouve Nicolas de @mecaniquesportive sur le siège passager, et il n’essaie pas de grimper dans le coffre! Cool collab! ❤

[@LOLOVAL-os3pq]

l'idée Française de faire des matériels légers , ça fonctionne , le char Leclerc pèse 58 tonnes , le Léopard II pèse + de 64 tonnes , le challenger II pèse 74 tonnes avec son sur blindage ! le Rafale est un bi moteur performant , de seulement 9850 kg pour la version C ! le TGV a des voitures à 2 niveaux en aluminium d'où un train rapide et performant , le CAESAR est un des canons les plus léger , donc , plus facile à déplacer !

[@ItsLukem]

I did not know you speak french aswell lol, great lap & car!

[@mgt4494]

Man, I really want an Alpine (S). One day.. one day.

[@thomasszlavik5013]

The Alpine A110 R has Brembo brakes. The A110 Ultime will have special AP brakes, will be released in 2025. With 102 octane mapping the A110 Ultime will have 360 ho and more carbon parts then the A110 R. Weight will be unter 1000 kg.

[@timbob1145]

Not wrong about the stability, it looks so smooth, bet that is an amazing balance of agility and power, definitely an interesting alternative to a little lotus or a baby cayman... edit... and yes you passed both of those rather effortlessly... seems a great little track car that.

[@garryparkes9121]

Nicley Balanced. A slight over steer, which I prefer. But I think it all comes down to the way it was driven. Nice!

[@koengixxer]

This is to most beautiful car on the market imo.. price is just a bit high but i love the looks so much. I saw the police rode the alpine and megane rs in france last month,and they were hauling ass in the highway. Nice baguette 👌😎

[@ProGamerArMeNiA]

Merci beaucoup Misha !!!

[@molotofmezcal]

Absolutely beautiful this car

[@clio2rsminicup]

Il a trouvé le bon filon lui et la vie idéale pour tous passionnés automobiles : être payé ou gagner sa vie en essayant des supers voitures des autres que ces derniers lui prêtent avec plaisir sur un circuit très médiatique donc très regardé sur Internet (n'importe quel amateur et pistard même débutant met "Nurburgring" dans le titre d'une vidéo d'un trackday et c'est déjà au minimum 2000 à 3000 vues assurées juste avec le nom du circuit ^^), un circuit qu'il connait par cœur et même sans doute les yeux fermés à force de tours et de tours, donc bien mieux et forcément en y tournant bien plus vite que les propriétaires des supers voitures qu'on lui prête, donc ce sera forcément toujours très impressionnant pour ces derniers d'y être en passager de leur propre voiture. Seul risque pour Misha, casser les voitures qu'on lui laisse en mains, mais bon il a un bon coup de volant sur un circuit qu'il connait les yeux fermés, ça limite forcément les risques, et je suppose surtout qu'il a prévu cela niveau assurances, voire finances personnelles.