Just before the first global deliveries of the Alpine A110 Premiere Edition are set to go ahead, Alpine has announced a new race car based on the road-going A110.

Dubbed the Alpine A110 Cup, the car will also have its own FIA racing series, called the Alpine Europa Cup.

The cars will weigh approximately 1050kg, and each will run on a 1.8-litre four pot motor, mounted in the mid-rear and sending its 201kW to the rear wheels.

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With design and development of the A110 Cup being carried out by FIA WEC entrant Signatech, the cars will be merely “based on an overall framework defined by Alpine.”

Signatec managing director Philippe Sinault says the development of the cars has not yet been completed, but says it will be “uncompromising” in regards to its features.

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“It’s an exciting challenge, both for Signatech and for Alpine.”

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In Australian dollars, that could end up totalling $335,000, which isn’t incredibly expensive in the grand scheme of motorsports.