Nice review! I drove both ... and bought an A110S. For me the perfect sports car without any compromise to luggage or image! I use others cars for other needs - but for best road experience and small trips the A110S is my daily favourite and smiling every day! 👍👍👍😁
Fantastic choice! Have you seen the Life110 upgrades? Seems the geometry setup for the S makes a world of difference to the on-road manners. Thanks for watching! 😁👍 - Tim
@@BOTBreviews Yes. I read about the Life110 upgrades. Here in Austria maybe not possible to get. Right now no change of my A110S, but in 2021 planning of an update is possible. 👍 - Thomas.
Overpriced for a car that shares so many parts with a clio, also the paddle shifters are weirdly placed and the space between the paddle shifter and the blinker handle is too small, on a track that'll cause trouble, the Porsche is better in every way but most where is matters, the track. It's 1.5 seconds faster on a 47 second track, thats a lot.
Nice review, however performance isn’t just about 0-60mph, you need to consider braking, suspension, stability, traction etc etc The Alpine will certainly be better under braking due to its lower overall weight , these are sports cars so ideally it would be great if the review had gone into these in a little more depth. Have owned 11Porches and 2 Alpine’s , haven’t driven the new Alpine , however the Alpine I believe is the more focused drivers car , therefore would be my choice 👍
yeah but they didn´t even reviewed the performance after 0-60 the sayed the Porsche has an bigger engine and so he won performance but thats make absolutly no sense. After this logic an Scania would have an better performance then both of these cars.
As realistically I'll be taking a laptop, a phone and maybe a drink - I'm fine for practicality on the Alpine, and am picking up a blue premiere edition on Saturday - cannot wait!
Very nice comparison made me play some tickets on the A110. It's a bargain compared to that Porsche. I think that the Alpine is actually a better car overall than its rival. Cheers!
Great quality review. I really want an A110 but just could not live with the lack of luggage space. Such a shame they couldn’t design in a just a bit more in cabin and frunk/boot. Maybe next time
Nice review Chaps. I watch A LOT of car content on RU-vid and this was refreshingly relevant. Simple format, well shot with clear categories and you guys seem to get on well. As a potential buyer you do need to see inside boots and seat comfort etc, as well as performance and fun. Have just subscribed. The Apline is a great clean sheet design that maximises fun, focus and individuality but is a Lotus Elsie / Exige killer. The lack of space isn’t going to help on the everyday stuff or taking your other half away for the weekend. Ends up being a second/ third car or toy. Sadly that’s a smaller market place than the Porsche appeals to. The Cayman is clearly the more rounded product and you could do a lot more with it as your only car. More a Supra / Z4 rival. IMHO
Thanks for the kind words and for watching/subscribing! 👍 Agree fully that as an everyday proposition the Cayman takes it, though the rude comfort and low running costs work in the favour of the Alpine. There’s enough room for shopping in the Alpine, and even enough for a weekend away, so that’s still where my money would go - Tim
Perhaps a different answer to which one “wins” and which one you’d buy with your own money ?? I’d love the Alpine, but from a long term ownership perspective, I’d probably go Cayman.
WAIT... so the Porsche won on performance because it has bigger figures but a slower 0 - 60?? Do you guys not get that the Alpines whole point is small figures but with that comes lightweight and therefore, better performance than cars with bigger numbers. The Alpine runs rings around a GT4 and this Cayman isn't anything compared to that LOOL... Interior design was completely overlooked and only "practicality" was judged.. bad review guys.
let’s be honest, the porsche‘s interior is way superior to the alpine. It‘s infotainment system sucks, it has buttons that do nothing and weird volume control. Big fan of the alpine though. Hope the used market gets cheaper in a couple of years. I prefer the exige over both of them though.
Sub £50K? WOW! Try that here in stupid Australia and that becomes £73K for the flat base model 712. The GT4 is £133K... Why anyone would want to move from the UK to Au has me stumped.
the a110 is a much cheaper proposition in australia than the porsche even without considering all the options. The australian porsche importer tax is a real thing.
Cayman is very good, one of Porsches better cars. A110 is better still, at 300kg lighter in every way. That is the weight of me on my motorcycle as baggage.
Ça fait jubilé pour une foie de voir des " non français" plébiscité une voiture frenchy ,mais moi aussi j'en suis croc cela fait 30 ans qu'on l'attend .
the local rail replacement bus has more power, torque and grunt than the cayman, ok its slower than the porsche buts its got to make it the winner for performance. the bus from 2005 beats the cayman on practicality, performance and cost....(i dont get the logic of the performance conclusion in the video)
@@BOTBreviews as a used car buyer, I'll just have to hope new car buyers continue to be upsold, donate huge sums to manufacturers and dealers, and carry on providing me with well specced and maintained cars to enjoy. Thank you to the new car buyers of Japan. (I live in New Zealand and we get a great supply of used cars from Japan, not so many Porsche though)
Was hell bent on getting an Alpine.. test drove a few and ended up with a Cayman. Honestly couldn’t see what all the fuss was about, may as well buy a Renault Magane and get some practicality as well.
@@arno222444 true, yes these car will be better at handling than a Mustang and Mustang is not a mid engine car, but at least you get a lovely v8 muscle car for the roughly same price as these car
@@lymonto9450 Yes I agree about the noble engine and the pure sound, but the way I use my sport car, in the mountains on twisty and narrow roads I would probably die with a Mustang :-) With the Alpine I just dance with the road and I keep smiling (And I stay alive because I am in control of an amazing car built exactly for what I'm doing). I respect your choice for every use case there is another car.
I think the A110 is too quirky looking for me, especially that weird rear window and its practicality is almost that of a Ford GT... pretty much non-existent. That A110 Concept they brought our a couple of years ago looked on point though. I never really liked the Porsche brand too much either except for their flagships the Carrera GT and 918 Spyder. The 911 I find just as odd looking as the A110 here. The Cayman platform however somehow really does it for me. It looks like an Italian stallion that could to laymans look like a Ferrari. But I get the base model is quite tame. You'd really need to look at the 718 GT4 and Spyder if you want pure driver enjoyment all the bloody time. But who does? Mostly you're gonna find yourself stuck in traffic driving going from A to B with the occassional empty curvy B road only... and not feeling like splurging... the 718 Cayman really does seem to make a whole lot of sense to daily.
@@BOTBreviews yeah! I don't really need a Bugatti Chiron! A 718 GT4 will do the trick for me! I live right around the corner of the Dutch F1 circuit of Zandvoort, I'd have a blast with one of those! Drive home and then do a lap on track, doesn't get much better. Well, a 4-seater would be practical. I'd take a Aston Vanquish S Volante in all its V12 rumbling glory for that. That be my perfect 2 car garage! A guy can have aspirations. ;P
The engine in that Porsche sounds like a blender, it does not sound anything like a Porsche, it has no chance against the A110 as a sports car, 718 4.0 GTS is the real Porsche to get within the 718 range. Practicality apart, A110 is the one for me with an organic feel that the synthetic 718 with its underwhelming four pot engine.
The Alpine looks like a toy car, it's awful. I really struggle to understand this, the Porsche is a way better car, not just looks wise and most reviews would agree with that.
