RAY MASSEY gets behind the wheel of the reborn Alpine brand's eagerly-awaited A110

Just in time for Christmas, there’s a new kid on the block – or rather back on the block - the Alpine A110 and after an absence of more than two decades the brand is bringing back smiles for motorists who just love the true joy of driving.

And as the first real snows of winter blow in, how fitting that it’s called Alpine and is designed for fun and frolics on mountain roads.

I took to the wheel of the new A110 to see if it really has what it takes to dethrone the Porsche Cayman as the best two-up coupe on the market today.