The Alpine brand is an umbrella for Renault's motorsport activities, and Rossi said the Formula One team will continue to lead the way. The purpose-built engine will be new and developed at Renault's Viry plant near Paris, with the French carmaker eager to build up the facility as a producer of high-performance powertrains. He said 2024 had been chosen because it would take two years to develop a new LMDh car and Alpine wanted to win rather than just participate. Rossi hoped Alpine could continue at Le Mans in 20, still with Signatech founder Philippe Sinault, but said that would be subject to approval of the current car by organisers the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). LMDh is cost-capped and manufacturers attracted by that option include Audi, BMW and Porsche, all joining from 2023. "LMH is closer to the Formula One area with pure absolute performance, whereas the LMDh is closer to the road cars that we are selling and for us it was also a way to build that bridge between our motorsport activities and road cars," he added. It’s a bit less expensive than an LMH programme. "The LMDh is a version that is more in tune with what we are trying to do, financially speaking first. Orders opened on September 30, and will close as soon as all 24 units (likely a reference to Alpine's 1978 win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans) are spoken for."We’ve decided that we will continue the current involvement in endurance and we will enter the LMDh category starting in 2024," Alpine chief executive Laurent Rossi told Reuters before a presentation in Paris. Japan has long had a fascination with Alpines, with serious collectors curating (and vintage racing) such cars as a rare Alpine M63 Prototype. And let's not forget the $152,000 Felipe Pantone Edition. The A110 Color Edition carried a price bump of over $15,600 and the Legende GT Edition about $16,400. But it's not as ridiculous as some of Alpine's past limited editions, and it's starting with the performance-oriented A110S as a base.
That might seem like quite a premium for what you're getting, considering the standard A110S starts at around $77,650. Pricing ranges from $81,400 to $82,300, depending on the color. A Pioneer navigation is standard, as are the 18-inch black GT wheels with red calipers. It's quite subtle against the black Sabelt monocoque seats, but it's there. Of course, no special edition these days would be complete without contrast stitching, and the Bi Ton Limitee offers that in the aforementioned blue. Alpine says the look was inspired by the Alpine trackside cars used by the F1 teams. The roof only comes in black, and can be paired with the manufacturer's trademark Blue Alpine, the darker Blue Abyss and Blanc Irise (white). It's the first Alpine A110 to be offered with a contrasting color roof, a styling trend that's frankly getting a bit ubiquitous these days.
That sounds a lot more special than its English translation, which is simply "Two-Tone Limited". Only 24 units will be produced.īased on the high-performance A110S model, it features some minor cosmetic differences as hinted at by its incredibly French sounding name, the Alpine A110S Bi Ton Limitee. The honor goes to Japan, and when we say limited, we mean limited. we can't get the mid-engined Alpine A110 in any form, but the company is introducing its first regional limited edition in Asia.