British lightweight sportscar maker Ariel Motor Company is planning a new model called the Ariel Atom 3.5R. It’s going to be a limited edition with a tweaked Honda engine and a paddleshift transmission. Based on the two-seat Atom 3.5, the ‘R’ features a tuned version of the already-tweaked Honda Civic […]
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Rezvani BEAST 300 & 500 revealed, based on Ariel Atom
A small American-based car company called Rezvani has revealed a striking new super sports car called the BEAST. It’s based on the lightweight Ariel Atom from the UK. Rezvani says the BEAST is born on the track and designed for the road, meaning it is pitched at the lightweight sports […]
Ariel Atom 3.5 gets revised suspension and chassis
Ariel, the British super lightweight vehicle maker, has announced a model update called the Ariel Atom 3.5. The update gets a new chassis, revised suspension and some styling tweaks. Starting with the mechanical details, the Atom 3.5 gets the chassis from the more powerful Atom V8, helping to improve rigidity […]
DDMWorks Ariel Atom 700 is a bullet on wheels
In terms of raw acceleration and agility, the Ariel Atom 3 is hard to go by. Unless you have the DDMWorks Ariel Atom 700 of course. It comes with the same lightweight (657kg) platform, only it has a 522kW engine in the back. Yes, an Ariel Atom 3 with a […]
Ariel Atom crash in Belgium kills journalist
An unfortunate Ariel Atom crash in Belgium has resulted in the death of a journalist. Michael Cornette, of the Krant van West-Vlaanderen in Belgium, was taking a passenger ride in the very quick lightweight supercar at the time. The Ariel Atom was being driven by Mattieu Desmet at the time […]
Video: ‘Melbourne Cup’ performance car factory quarter mile top 24
With the Melbourne Cup over for another year, we thought we’d come up with a bit of a cup of ourselves. A factory quarter mile cup if you will. Ever wondered what a top 24 all-star car list would look like, comprising of some of the quickest cars around in […]
Ariel plans superbike production
Makers of the ballistic Ariel Atom stripped out sports car have announced the company is planning to produce at least two Ariel superbikes, planned to hit the market some time in 2012. Ariel recently released an official sketch of the bikes, as seen above, carrying a similar design theme as […]
Video: Ariel Atom turbo with 650hp – Fastest Atom in the world?
If you really, really want to go fast, and reach fast quickly, get yourself an Ariel Atom turbo with 650hp made by Real Street Performance. Like this example here. Just take a look at the videos below and you’ll see what we mean. There appears to be a bit of […]