The Alpine A110-50 (codenamed ZAR for "Alpine revival", with Z being the letter used for Renault concepts) is a
concept
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racing car
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created by
Renault
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to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the
1962 Alpine A110[.
] It debuted at Monaco's GP circuit, where Renault
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raced the A110-50 for four laps of the Monaco track.
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]
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The Alpine A110-50 has all
carbonfibre bodywork, a mid-engine layout, and tubular frame.
It is built upon the same platform and shares its mechanicals with the
Sport Mégane Trophy race car.
[
][
] Because the A110-50's height is lower than that of Mégane Trophy, the roll cage and bracing in the engine bay were lowered in the workshop of Tork Engineering.
The entire car weighs , and its weight distribution is 47.8 percent front and 52.2 percent rear.
[
] With a naturally aspirated 395-hp variation of the Mégane Trophy's 3.5-liter V6 based on the
Nissan VQ engine
The VQ is a family of V6 24V automobile engines developed by Nissan with displacements varying from 2.0 L to 4.0 L. It is an aluminum block DOHC 4-valve (per cylinder) design with aluminum heads. It is fitted with Nissan's EGI/ECCS s ...
,
it has a 456bhp/ton
power-to-weight ratio.
[
] The inlet manifold is fed by a new roof-mounted air intake which broadens the engine's power band, with additional horsepower at all engine speeds.
A110-50's front splitter and rear diffuser generate ground effect, and account for a third of the car's downforce, while the other two-thirds comes from the rear wing.
The body can be raised with integrated pneumatic jacks for easier servicing.
The steering wheel features a color screen and employs the same technology as a Formula
Renault 3.5 single-seat race car.
The A110-50 has highly adjustable double
wishbone suspension
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with Sachs dampers.
It utilises a six-speed semi-automatic sequential gearbox, which slots longitudinally behind the engine and incorporates a mechanical limited-slip differential.
Designer Yann Jarsalle and Concept and Show Car Director Axel Breun based the A110-50 on the same design language introduced with the DEZIR concept car,
but incorporated several design cues from the original A110. These include: half-domed additional headlights with yellow tinted LED lighting; air intakes on each side echo the ducts on the rear wheel arches of the Berlinette; and painting the body in a modern version of the signature Alpine blue.
[
] The aerodynamic body was designed using a process called
computational fluid dynamics
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.
Its relation to the
DeZir is clearly seen in its design, excluding the electric motor and butterfly doors.
See also
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Alpine A110
The Alpine A110 is a sports car produced by French automobile manufacturer Alpine from 1963 to 1977. The car was styled as a " berlinette", which in the post-WWII era refers to a small enclosed two-door berline, better-known as a coupé. The ...
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Alpine A110 (2017)
The Alpine A110 is a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive sports car introduced by French car manufacturer Alpine at the 87th Geneva International Motor Show in March 2017.
Deliveries began in late 2017 for Continental European markets and in ...
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Renault DeZir
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Mégane Renault Sport
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Nissan VQ engine
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