Alpine A110 | Cars to be thankful for
Autumn has arrived for the A110 - grab one with both hands while you still can...
By Nic Cackett, Sunday, 2 November 2025
As Alpine reminded us just last week, the A110, arguably the new car we’re most thankful for, will very soon cease to be.
We’ve known about its fate for quite some time, partly owing to its maker’s oft-repeated insistence that it needs to move onto a battery-powered replacement and partly because it likes to remind us that there are still some available to buy.
In short, and for most of the time, it was brilliant. And where it wasn’t brilliant, it could be covered with a Gallic shrug.
Additionally, not unlike the Mazda MX-5 or the Toyota GR86, it typically appealed to people who like driving almost exclusively for the sake of it - which, as we all know, is a small and fickle niche.
Author's summary: The Alpine A110 is a car to be thankful for.