The electric A110 is coming, and it looks like an A110 that hit the gym
The A110 name lives on, and it has clearly been working out
Well, that did not take long. Barely days after the last petrol Alpine A110 left Dieppe, the brand has pulled the covers off its electric future, and the good news is that it still looks unmistakably like an A110, just wider, meaner and altogether more muscular. Alpine calls it the A110 FUTURE, and it is our first proper look at where this legendary little sports car goes next.
A mule, not the finished car
First, a reality check: the A110 FUTURE is a development mule, not the finished production car. It is a rolling testbed Alpine is using to prove its new electric hardware, so the bodywork you see is a taste of the design direction rather than the final look. That said, it clearly keeps the compact A110 silhouette, beefed up with wider tracks and a more aggressive stance, hence our on-steroids first impression. The production third-generation A110 will be revealed in full after Goodwood.
The first true electric sports car?
Alpine is making a bold claim: it wants the new A110 to be the world's first true electric sports car, engineered to outperform the best of today's combustion rivals. Underpinning it is the new Alpine Performance Platform, or APP, built around an advanced aluminium structure with fully aluminium suspension that integrates braking and steering. Crucially for a car whose whole identity is agility, Alpine has targeted a 40/60 front-to-rear weight balance, echoing the rear-biased feel of a classic mid-engined sports car.
Dual motors and 800V tech
The electric hardware is genuinely cutting-edge. The A110 FUTURE uses dual rear-mounted e-motors with a compact 3-in-1 e-axle and a silicon-carbide inverter for efficiency, fed by an 800-volt cell-to-pack battery with high energy density. Alpine has not yet quoted a power figure for the A110, though for context its recently launched A390 sport fastback makes 470 hp, and the A290 hot hatch sits below it. Given the A110 is the range's flagship sports car, expect it to be the most focused and driver-centric of the lot.
Watch it run at Goodwood
The mule will run up the hill every day at the Goodwood Festival of Speed from 9 to 12 July 2026. Alpine is also staging an Alpine Moment parade on Thursday 9 July, bringing together historic A110s to show the car's journey from 1960s rally icon to electric pioneer. It promises to be a fitting way to bridge the old and the new, just days after the petrol version signed off.
AutoNext Take
After mourning the petrol A110 this week, this is a genuinely reassuring first look. The engineering priorities read exactly right: aluminium construction, an obsession with weight balance and a rear-motor layout suggest Alpine understands that an A110 has to be about agility and delicacy, not just a big power number. Keeping it visually true to the original while bulking it up is a smart move too. The huge question is still weight, because no EV is truly light, and that is the A110's entire character. But if anyone can make a heavy car feel featherlight, it is the team behind the outgoing one. Cautiously very excited.
We just said goodbye to the petrol A110 as production ended, and previewed this successor in our next-generation A110 Goodwood teaser. Alpine's electric push also includes the playful Lacoste A290.
