Pierre Gasly and the Duke of Richmond preview the Alpine A110 in motion

09th July 2026

Adam Wilkins

The Duke of Richmond gained first-hand experience of next year’s Alpine A110 when he was driven up the Hill by Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly. While the mule – dubbed A1110 Future – was dressed using modified bodywork of the outgoing ICE car, under the skin it was all forthcoming EV.

The disguise makes it difficult to be sure how the next A110 will look, but it’s likely to be an evolution of what we’ve become used to. The mule’s extended wheelarches suggest a wider track for the new car.

Unlike Alpine’s Renault-derived models, the A110 EV will use the Alpine Performance Platform (APP) that it shares with the Turbo 3E. In its transition from hydrocarbons to volts, the A110 Future will retain the values that it has been built upon.

Lightness is key, and Alpine claims that its EV will tip the scales at a similar figure to its ICE rivals. Expect that to mean around 1,500kg, similar to a six-cylinder Porsche Cayman. Impressive for a structure that’s lugging batteries. By comparison, the petrol A110 was a flyweight 1,100kg petrol car.

The outgoing car had a structure made from bonded and riveted aluminium extrusions, like a Lotus Elise or Renaultsport Spider. The EV still uses that construction method for the central section, but it’s bookended by cast subframes front and rear that are tough enough to carry the batteries. The modular construction also keeps the door open to the slim possibility of ICE and hybrid powertrains in future.

Agility has always been key to the A110 experience, too. With that in mind, the A110 will use two separate battery packs as opposed to the single battery pack that’s more conventional. The result? A weight distribution of 40:60. By comparison, the outgoing model has a 44:56 split. It also means that occupants can sit low in the car, rather than being perched on top of the cells in an SUV-like seating position, as they would be with a typical 'skateboard' arrangement. Torque vectoring will also assist with the EV’s willingness to change direction.

Unlike the coupé-only outgoing model, the new platform is also flexible enough to allow for spider and 2+2 models.

Onboard footage from the A110 Future’s ascent of the Hill revealed a very prototypical cockpit. A powdercoated firewall and numerous emergency cut-off switches revealed nothing about what the production car will look like when it arrives next year.

It was, therefore, a tantalising glimpse of what’s to come.