McLaren 570S vs Alpine A110 - Which is the ultimate driver's car? - Autocar
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Date: 2022-04-17
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Panagiotis
Having a McLaren 650S and an Alpine A110 I know exactly what you mean. Well, the 650 is more Supercar than the 570 and not so easy to drive. But it has Performance from another planet (like the 570S, not being able to push it to the limits legally on roads. The Alpine lets you do this exactly! You can play around at its limits, it has a great sound for a 4 cylinder engine and daily drivers comfort. I use both daily and I dont want to miss them, both!
By the way, you gave the answer to the question: both cars win- one (McLaren) is more expensive but gives you more performance in the sin of speed. The Alpine offers more comfort instead.
On the track the Alpine breaks come to a limit after a day, whereas the Mclaren ceramics get warmed up! On the other side, Alpine brakepads will cost a fraction of McLaren-s. it all depends from the part of the viewer.
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Having a McLaren 650S and an Alpine A110 I know exactly what you mean. Well, the 650 is more Supercar than the 570 and not so easy to drive. But it has Performance from another planet (like the 570S, not being able to push it to the limits legally on roads. The Alpine lets you do this exactly! You can play around at its limits, it has a great sound for a 4 cylinder engine and daily drivers comfort. I use both daily and I dont want to miss them, both!
By the way, you gave the answer to the question: both cars win- one (McLaren) is more expensive but gives you more performance in the sin of speed. The Alpine offers more comfort instead.
On the track the Alpine breaks come to a limit after a day, whereas the Mclaren ceramics get warmed up! On the other side, Alpine brakepads will cost a fraction of McLaren-s. it all depends from the part of the viewer.
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eric
I totally agree with their commentary around the 12 minute mark about how enjoyable it is driving a car right at the edge of it's limits. Here in the US I'll never get a chance to drive an Alpine, but driving a well balanced Mazda MX-5 is way more fun than driving a super car which performance envelope is so far beyond anything possible on the road that if you pass a cop pushing the envelope you'll end up in jail. There used to be some really good roads that were completely empty past midnight, now there's at least some traffic at all times so forget the law, I don't want to kill somebody getting my adrenaline fix.
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I totally agree with their commentary around the 12 minute mark about how enjoyable it is driving a car right at the edge of it's limits. Here in the US I'll never get a chance to drive an Alpine, but driving a well balanced Mazda MX-5 is way more fun than driving a super car which performance envelope is so far beyond anything possible on the road that if you pass a cop pushing the envelope you'll end up in jail. There used to be some really good roads that were completely empty past midnight, now there's at least some traffic at all times so forget the law, I don't want to kill somebody getting my adrenaline fix.
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Stuart
To be honest its nearly impossible to rag any car to its limit on public roads certainly not a 570bhp McLaren that'd annihilate the mid level supercars of just a few years prior- Gallardo, 458. Not even with the Alpine can u take that to its limit and if u think u can your either naive or now dead in a ditch.
I have a 2002 1. 25L fiesta and taking that to its limit would mean breaking many driving laws bar on motorways so the best drivers car is a Peugeot 205 gti or Clio Williams end of.
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To be honest its nearly impossible to rag any car to its limit on public roads certainly not a 570bhp McLaren that'd annihilate the mid level supercars of just a few years prior- Gallardo, 458. Not even with the Alpine can u take that to its limit and if u think u can your either naive or now dead in a ditch.
I have a 2002 1. 25L fiesta and taking that to its limit would mean breaking many driving laws bar on motorways so the best drivers car is a Peugeot 205 gti or Clio Williams end of.
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james
Maybe be no, the alpine is too fast to get near it-s limits on the public road so you need to find enjoyment elsewhere, in the outside shots you were mostly going slow and were you enjoying that? And as for the McLaren, don-t be silly, you used full power for max of 3 seconds and that took you well over the speed limit, it might be the most approachable McLaren but that-s not what you asked.
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Maybe be no, the alpine is too fast to get near it-s limits on the public road so you need to find enjoyment elsewhere, in the outside shots you were mostly going slow and were you enjoying that? And as for the McLaren, don-t be silly, you used full power for max of 3 seconds and that took you well over the speed limit, it might be the most approachable McLaren but that-s not what you asked.
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Bush
Maybe I-ll have to drive one because I don-t get the hype for auto, fat steering wheel and not that lightweight. A Honda S2000 better gearbox, better engine etc new was half the price of alpine (even adjusted for inflation, they were 20k pre-reg parallel import at one point)
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Maybe I-ll have to drive one because I don-t get the hype for auto, fat steering wheel and not that lightweight. A Honda S2000 better gearbox, better engine etc new was half the price of alpine (even adjusted for inflation, they were 20k pre-reg parallel import at one point)
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AndyQ
No contest, Alpine looks much better. The blue is bluer, and it looks like it can get over a speed hump. It'll be more reliable too, as France is closer to Japan than Britain, and the French can design things to work at temperatures slightly move than 20 degrees Celsius.
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No contest, Alpine looks much better. The blue is bluer, and it looks like it can get over a speed hump. It'll be more reliable too, as France is closer to Japan than Britain, and the French can design things to work at temperatures slightly move than 20 degrees Celsius.
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kasperoff1
Really enjoyed that. Prosser is a cracking young journalist who I'm sure we will are only going to see more and more of going forward. Also worth noting he has put his money where is mouth is and bought his own A110. Mush be a cracking little car.
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Really enjoyed that. Prosser is a cracking young journalist who I'm sure we will are only going to see more and more of going forward. Also worth noting he has put his money where is mouth is and bought his own A110. Mush be a cracking little car.
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colin5577
The one without all the nanny devices and a manual gearbox? Oh wait.
And before the flaming starts, the question was -Driver's car. -. Not fast car, fun car, track car, sports car or performance car.
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The one without all the nanny devices and a manual gearbox? Oh wait.
And before the flaming starts, the question was -Driver's car. -. Not fast car, fun car, track car, sports car or performance car.
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Trike
This video underscores why, for me, -slow car fast- is always preferable over -fast car slow. - If you can-t use the cars abilities, what good are they? They just become irrelevant numbers.
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This video underscores why, for me, -slow car fast- is always preferable over -fast car slow. - If you can-t use the cars abilities, what good are they? They just become irrelevant numbers.
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christschool
It looks like a 90's Toyota Celica in the front and an Oldsmobile Aero in the back. For this kind of money, the Lexus LC500 blows away that Alpine in every single aspect.
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It looks like a 90's Toyota Celica in the front and an Oldsmobile Aero in the back. For this kind of money, the Lexus LC500 blows away that Alpine in every single aspect.
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