Alpine officially presents the new A110 rally a few hours after its debut

We saw it with the traditional blue that has always accompanied the French manufacturer in the first development tests carried out during the month of August with Manu Guigou at the wheel. They promised that we would have news very soon, even that he could be seen shooting at the Rallye Mont Blanc, one of the events of the French national championship that is being held this weekend. Given the immediacy of his public debut, Alpine has had no choice but to present the Alpine A110 rally to society already dressed in the colors of war and showing a large rear spoiler like that of its counterpart for circuits, the A110 GT4.

And it is not surprising that Signatech has taken as a basis what has been learned with both the GT’s model and the protagonist of the monarch brand to finish fine-tuning the work in order to be competitive on the asphalt of the sections. Keeping the turbocharged four-cylinder turbocharged and 1.8 liter engine, the A110 Rally releases three-way hydraulic suspension, new Brembo brakes, a safety cage that meets FIA standards and Sabelt baquets.

Team FJ has been one of the mainstays of this project that should start rolling in 2020, with its long start of competition with the first units that will be delivered to private teams and pilots. The objective has been clear, create a competitive car for the R-GT category at a lower price than that of the Abarth 124 R-GT. With no new rivals within the visible category after Porsche has apparently closed the 718 Cayman project, the possibility that the category will suffer a rebound has been severely limited.

This return to the rally is highly anticipated as Alpine has marked the history of the discipline by becoming the first manufacturer to win the World Champion in 1973 – Régis Fricotté, commercial and competition director of Alpine