Chris Harris: Alpine A110 Review | Top Gear: Series 25 

I agree. The CHD videos are on another level.

not really, it's still fine. we are hearing all the bits he would say on his format.

You beat me to it

@@aviator-kn8zq I think it's the visual editing that polarises opinion. That TG chop-socky editing AKA 'late Jason Bourne movie' cut- shot technique gets right on peoples nerves after a while. Monkey Harris is one of the few reviewers who don't need that trendy camera work to make the car seem dynamic.

Wayne Simpson That is certainly part of it in the choc vs tg debate, but I think the biggest issue with tg is the scripted (as the op said, "forced"), and dare I say childish enthusiasm, which feels like it discredits whatever the reviewer says until he gets serious. This got much better towards the middle-end when Chris Harris was much more himself, but at the beginning is a perfect demonstration of what I'm talking about. They are trying to keep the old top gear style, but it just doesn't work without the original three. The presenters seem to be forced (or encouraged, if you prefer) to be like someone other than themselves and the result is, as you would expect, not very genuine.

I agree, one of those other losers managed to wreck a priceless Lamborghini

Came here to say this

I wish Top Gear dies and Chris Harris on Cars comes back to life.

YES! Exactly right.

@@marcellukacic5221 He should move to Carfection and Guy Martin too. The 2 of them with Henry Catchpole is a match made in automotive journalistic heaven. Sadly I think Top Gear is past. Even the video quality isn't doing much for me anymore.

Always complaining smh

Brands are for the lazy

Renault sport makes great sporty engines. But up until a few years back, the reliability of Renault cars was amongst the lowest of any mainstream brands, mostly due to faulty electronics - The interior was made of cheap and not durable plastic, even on decent models. And sadly, Renault Sport division updated the bare minimum on those cars... If you sit on a Megane or Clio RS, the dash and wheel look pretty much the same as your 1.4L petrol engine base model. I worked at a rental company for a while, we had '13 clios, megane, and Toyota Yaris / Verso. After only one year, on brand new vehicles, every renault had stained plastic on the doors, glossy plastic on the dashboard was full of marks, some of the "nice" textures had begun to wear off. Toyotas: plastic was still soft to the touch no sign of wear inside, seats looked new. Every time on the road you see a car breaking and the blinkers light up instead - 9/10 times it's a renault. That changed about 4 years ago, they really upped the quality of higher models, but this is the reason why they dont produce luxury cars - their image was well deserved, and sadly it impacted the Sport department who can and do design great cars !

Exactly!! How dare Harris insult such a marque. At least the French kept most of their car industry unlike us Brits ffs! Plus total cringeworthy what this guy has become on TG. Used to really respect his old YT reviews....

@@patrickbateman7122 I am french, and i find that absolutely outrageous from english constructors. Renault and PSA (peugeot-citroen) are making cheap cars, so i can understand that it is more and more difficult to make those cars in France with high salary compared to poor countries ( That's one of the main reason why Renault with alpine and psa with Ds are trying to make better, more extensive cars). But English cars like Jaguar or Bentley are luxury cars, they are very expensive, so they have no excuse not to make them in Great Britain..... ... except...They have been bought by foreigners

@@pupaur6936 well for one, jaguar is indian now and Bentley is German. Car brands aren't bound to one nation anymore. They keep changing with money

Probably won't

Alpine is planning to come back to the US... but with, you guessed it, SUVs and crossovers. Sometimes I want to crucity all the marketing people who keeps saying "AmErIcAnS oNLy DrIvE SuVs" because its a goddamn self-fulfilling prophecy. Of course thats all yanks buy when thats all you fucking sell them, sheesh.

it will... in ev format... and in 2027 or so

Couldn't agree more! The Chris Harris drives are the best car reviews I've seen. Top Gear needs to stop trying hard to be like the old Clarkson format - they made it too over the top and silly. Pegging it back a bit and taking a different approach are needed.

I'll second that. Chris Harris is one of the best motoring journalists.

Ironic, considering Chris stopped his own show due to the costs of producing it. Top Gear has the funding, and they didn't gather that money because they suck at their jobs. They're doing something right.

@@NikoBased I would respectfully disagree. Top Gear made its money from Clarkson's silly over the top presenting style and to be honest the programme was less about cars and more a lads banter thing between him and the other two presenters. Since that ended so acrimoniously this is an excellent opportunity to refresh the format. The new presenters don't have the chemistry of Clarkson et al and Chris Harris already has a huge following as a serious motoring journalist, so it feels like a missed opportunity to not allow him to do car reviews in the style he's been doing for several years now.

Agreed , these edits sucks

Ummm, Alfa 4C did it a couple of years ago

Cool story, bro.

@@hazaledremitlioglu The 4C wasn't finished though. They need a proper refresh, with similar philosophy but up to date enough that you can use it day to day.

Tbh I'd pick the Alpine too. The Cayman has gone too far to being a mini 911 and it's lost alot of its, tinny light feel.

The Cayman is very well built, very fast and powerful but........boring and a bit too serious compared to the Alpine. You need to try both one after the other to understand what I'm talking about.

agreed its gorgeous. it has that pretty feminine beauty going for it. not the macho new supra style.

Like a beautiful Belle French girl

Pretty you must be kidding me? Is that a joke or your serious that this hunk of junk looks the goods? Please tell me your being sarcastic? PLEASE?

@Theodore Marakas I wish I can ride on a French girl one day, maybe even a few

its freaking ugly, get a skyline

I respectfully disagree. Even he can't save that dumpster fire. Top Gear is the car equivalent of Dancing With The Stars.

They booted the only thing that made top gear worth watching because clarkston wouldn't suck the dick of whoever at bbc

what about may, Hammond and Jeremy?

grand tour is way better

bruh

I sort of agree ... but the latest 'Chris Harris drives' vids have been superb.

Can't do it. The Big 3 have made it difficult with their "lobbying for safe cars" since one has to crash dozens of them and maintain absurd DOT standards like bumper height, tail-light configuration, airbags, etc.

@FUCK SHIT Yes but you can't forget one thing...The desastrous image of renault compared to alfa or Porsche, the glorious History of "Alpine" isn't enough vs 30 years of ugly, low-cost cars..

​@@pupaur6936 hater gonna hate

FarmYard Gaming tbh I didn’t like Reid very much

@@fraserhalstead2215 How come?

Was thinking the exact same

Top car tester, a comedian and a black guy walk into a bar ...

@@ducedevlstear2471 since when did being black have to do with anything?

yeah I wish they used visuals like that more often in car shows

l'annee prochaine il va y avoir un moteur plus puissant ca va deménager!

A110 or MX5 2.0?

@@Basics_of_Gameology hmm MX5 is a great car probably better build quality but the Alpine is quite unique in many ways and would stand out so the choice = Alpine 🙂

@@carsandfireworks5539 True, Alpine is rare and it doesn't rival MX5 in terms of price range... But I would choose MX5 cuz I am having 2 cars anyway, 1. Manual 2.0 MX5 (soft top) for driving pleasure 2. Alfa Romeo Giulia Quad for daily

@@Basics_of_Gameology I'd chose the Alpine most likely. If it had a manual I'd chose it for definite. I'd buy it over any 718 on the road currently as well. A manual is pretty much the only thing holding it back from being the perfect small sportscar.

@@F1ll1nTh3Blanks Ah, I am choosing the MX5 cuz it has the Manual and it is a NA engine, actually if I were to get the MX5 Sport Nav+, I might send it to BBR to have the Super 200 kit fitted so it will have 200hp and the weight of 1000kg. And it is still a soft top convertible with manual and a NA engine that is great when it comes to running at the limit! A110 is great since it is hard top and it is so rare plus the horsepower, but in my country, there is not much use cuz we have so much mountain roads and speed limits of 30-50kph. So I think I am gonna get the MX5

goforbroke2 I agreed with you- until I drove it. Have had the fortune of driving both the A110 and the new S, on road and on track, and at not one moment did I wish the car had a manual. The DCT is so good and the chassis so fantastic that there is so much to enjoy without a stick! Believe it or not, the DCT really suits the car!

@@lucianwisniewski8693 did you drive both on b roads or track? Which one left you the best feeling? I agree with the box, tested the non S on alpine roads. You have so much to deal with that I didn't miss the manual transmission at all

@@spolo123 When driving both on track, the big difference for me was just slightly better overall composure in the S. The standard car felt a little too soft at times (to me) and the S is still really quite good on b roads (a little jiggly, but the Sabelt seats are so comfy you hardly mind!) The S just had slightly more poke at the top end, allowing one to ring it out more which is rewarding (I actually think the chassis is so good it would be nice for yet more power, say 320bhp for example.) I honestly didn't miss the manual either just because the engine and gearbox work so well together. That said, I think if this were my only sports car, I would miss the third pedal and gearstick for sure! Also the DCT encourages one to drive at quite a brisk pace and this could be seen as a downside. But the lack of manual does allow the driver to focus purely on the driving, and the car obviously does this very, very well (in both standard and S form.)

@@lucianwisniewski8693Quite cool then. One thing the S I think would bring on alpine road also, with the better composture, would be being less snappy in quick series of curves...

spolo123 Possibly, though in my experience both cars were quite smooth through transitions at medium-fast speed. But even on the S the tail does move about, especially under breaking (though there was a tailwind and we were doing nearly 140mph!)

misses a manual gb though..

The french automobile show "Automoto" did it. But i don't know if it's avaiable on RU-vid.

Strangely probably the fact its a Renault... I've had many over the years and they all handle well for what they are. Including vans.

I like the way you think... i'm a big 4C fan

New Supra is sh*t

Or any Lotus given their DNA of add only lightness

Yeah, that'll be a legendary showdown.. But no need to bring the Zupra..

The supra ? Oh right the new BMW Supra of course !

Chris Harris " The James Bond of Automobile Journalism has set an internet standard in Automotive visual journalism MANY have completely "APED" right down to the laugh..... He is like Hendrix is to Rock and Stevie Ray Vaughan is to Blues. There is a " before Chris Harris and a whole zillion of imitators since !Copying the angles , his pauses and phrasing , to his laugh. But "FANS" see right thru !

Radu Grigoriu yes, yes he did

@jon doe so why is the UK still using mph

@jon doe I think you mean "only 3 countries in the world use mph"

jon doe you win the stupid comment of the day award

Omar M Khalil in a car that has the power to merge onto a highway, yeah

Except the Alpine makes power

@@snape1464 new 2019 mx5 has power to weight ratio more than enough. Only issue is i feep clusterphobic in the rf.

I agree

ca n'existe pas il y a qu'une couleur ou gris je crois

Renault think to return in usa . May be with Alpine .

RIP.

I wish they could sell it as a rebadged Infiniti

Mark Chippendale yeah only problem is aerodynamics when you put 300kg on the roof of a car not the center of mass

Well said.

I agree

Why?

j'ai vu un jour un une golf tomber sur un type qui jouait du piano! le concert a été arrété

What about THE GRAND TOUR 😀

Yeah, it might have made sense if it wasn't made by Renault and if Renault didn't have a history of making good, sporty cars. Hmm....

Bit like a replication of the Chiron in a sense. Don't know how.

A bit honda del sol there

He possibly did save it. Unlike the previous three plums he can actually drive properly.

@ Nah, look at the angle... But you do speak truth, regarding skill levels. Amazing what being an actual racing driver (for 2 decades, now?) will do for a journalist...