It’s done. Nine years. That was the lifespan of this generation’s Alpine A110. The final unit rolled off the production floor today, right where it belongs, in the north of France. It wore a special 70th-annivery trim. A nice farewell for a car that barely made it onto a best-seller list, strictly by volume, but made up for it in soul.
28,701 total built for this specific run.
But look at the bigger picture. The Dieppe plant has churned out more than 35,000 A110s in total. This number includes the original icon, Alpine’s very first production car, which defined sports cars from 1963 all the way to 1977. The lineage holds up.
Production at the Normandy site doesn’t stop. It pivots.
The third generation hits the line next year. Same badge, different heart. This time around, the Alpine Performance Platform (APP) does the heavy lifting. The powertrain? Electric. But engineers left a backdoor open. They engineered the chassis so it could swallow a combustion engine later, if the world suddenly misses the smell of burnt gasoline. Doubtful. But the option is there.
What happens next?
The debut model is the classic two-seat coupé. Nostalgic. Focused. Then the lineup widens. A four-seater joins the fray, followed by a convertible. Alpine wants a bigger slice of the sports car pie. They want more faces on the track, more bodies in the seats.
Will people buy an electric Alpine?
Probably. Some will hate the silence. Others will thank it for letting the wind talk louder. The line moves forward. The cars keep changing. You just have to decide which era you actually lived in.
