Alpine Reveals A110 Modified to Attack Pikes Peak

The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is one of motorsport’s uniquely perilous challenges. The Colorado event truly lives up to its moniker, the Race to the Clouds, leaving nothing between the pavement and going off the mountainside after drivers ascend above the tree line. French manufacturer Alpine will compete at Pikes Peak for the first time this year with a modified A110.

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Alpine will enter the A110 Pikes Peak in the Time Attack 1 category, a class intended for modified production cars. The automaker released renders of what its competition car will look like. The A110 will feature a massive fenced splitter, a Le Mans Prototype-style shark fin and a split rear wing. Alpine claims that its Peak Peak special will produce almost 500 horsepower with the help of its roof-mounted air intake.

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