Alpine's electric A110 splits its battery in two to stay low
Alpine drapes the third-generation A110 in a blue veil ahead of the Paris Motor Show
Alpine previews its third-generation A110 with a full-scale sculpture: a blue veil stretched over the proportions of the finished car. It goes on show at the Paris Motor Show from 12 October. The electric sports car keeps the V-shaped nose, the shark-like front and the teardrop cabin, and it is only the second time in Alpine's 71 years that the brand replaces its icon.
The A110 sculpture keeps the current car's 1.25 m roofline
The new Alpine A110 sits at essentially the same height as the outgoing car, about 1.25 metres, and that is the difficult part for an electric sports car. A battery laid flat under the floor lifts the seats and the roof. The Alpine Performance Platform avoids it with two packs, one ahead of the cabin and one behind it. L'Automobile Magazine reports 71.2 kWh gross, split 25/75, with cells from Gotion High Tech; Alpine has not confirmed either figure.
Concorde breaking the sound barrier shaped the A110's flanks
Alpine design chief Antony Villain took the side sculpting of the A110 from Concorde at the moment it goes supersonic, when the shock cone wraps around the aircraft. Under the veil, the car keeps a dual light signature, hexagonal auxiliary lamps instead of round ones, a slim waist and four heavily muscled wheel arches. There is no tall rear wing; the downforce work goes into the underbody.
The petrol A110 sold 28,701 cars before Dieppe stopped in July
The second-generation A110 ran from 2017 to 1 July 2026 and reached 28,701 cars out of 35,450 A110s built in Dieppe since 1969. It ended days before the EU's GSR2 safety rules became mandatory for every new registration on 7 July. The name had already skipped four decades once, between the original's end in 1977 and the 2017 revival. Alpine arrives at this handover stronger: the A290 and A390 lifted it to 10,970 registrations in 2025.
A110 weight target: under 1,500 kg against 1,100 kg today
Alpine's stated ambition is to keep the electric A110 under 1,500 kg; L'Automobile Magazine puts the internal target at 1,450 to 1,500 kg and says it has not yet been met. The petrol car weighed about 1,100 kg. To make the extra mass feel lighter, the A110 FUTURE mule at Goodwood ran two rear motors on an 800-volt system, a 40/60 weight balance and torque vectoring between the rear wheels.
Alpine A110 timing: full reveal in 2027, sales from early 2028
Alpine gives no specification yet and says only that the full A110 comes in 2027. L'Automobile Magazine expects the interior to be shown in spring 2027 and sales to start early in 2028, followed by a four-wheel-drive A310 coupé with 2+2 seating on the same platform. Production stays in Dieppe, as Alpine confirmed when it presented the APP architecture in March.
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Light used to mean 1,100 kg at Alpine, and the electric A110 will not get there. What the sculpture shows is that Alpine has chosen to fight for the things it can keep: a roofline no taller than today's, a driving position at road level and a rear-biased 40/60 balance. At 1,450 kg it would weigh roughly what a petrol Porsche 718 Cayman did, and nobody called that car heavy.
Alpine will publish the homologated weight with the full reveal in 2027, and it will be under 1,500 kg. If it is, the A110 keeps what made its name: a low car you place precisely rather than one you manage. The veil already settles the proportions, and they look like an A110 should.
