Welcoming A Century Of Le Mans Racing, Alpine Presents 100 Units A110 R Special Edition

ALpine A110 R Le Mans. (Doc. Alpine)

JAKARTA - French automotive brand Alpine has a long history in the 24 Hours Le Mans race. Especially when they managed to control the De La Sarthe circuit in 1978 in an A442B car driven by two French racers, Jean-Pierre Jaussaud and Didier Pironi.

Alpine also contributed to celebrating the centenary of this year's Le Mans race by launching a special edition of its flagship coup, namely A110 R Le Mans.

According to Alpine's official website, on Wednesday, June 7, Alpine A110 R Le Mans comes with some striking changes compared to its standard versions, including the use of carbon components on the roof, rim and interior, as well as the racing seat from Sabelt.

To improve aerodynamic performance, Alpine also complements this car with carbon backwing inspired by the Alpine Elf Endurance Team race car, A480.

In addition, this car is also equipped with the latest innovation from Alpine, namely Road & Track, which reduces the height of cars by five percent to improve stability while on track.

To help achieve optimal performance, this car suspension can also be arranged according to customer wishes if they want to test this car on the circuit.

This special edition of the A110 R uses a 1.8 liter 4-cylinder turbocharged engine capable of generating a power of 300 dk and a torque of 338 Nm. With this engine, this car can reach speeds of 0 to 100 km/hour within 3.9 seconds with a maximum speed of 285 km/hour.

Because this car is a special edition, Alpine will only produce 100 units of A110 R Le Mans at a price of 140,000 euros or around IDR 2.2 billion.

Alpine will participate in the one hundred years 24 Hours Le Mans race with the Signatech racing team, which will field two cars in the LMP2 class. This means that Signatech-Alpine will compete with Indonesian racer Sean Gelael, who will play with Team WRT in the same class.

Next year, Alpine will also return to the main class of the world resilience event, the FIA WEC, with a prototype car in the Hypercar class, and the car will be introduced on June 9.