Holy! This car is sick! The acceleration of the Ariel Atom 2 makes my Viper look like a Pinto in comparison! This car is an engineering feat created from a company with... get this... only 7 employees! You have to check out this video - 42MB file though - you have been forewarned - you'd better have broadband. Ok, I couldn't resist including a short snippet/clip of the video in my blog as a "teaser". Here's a 59s 5.7MB clip I created from the original. (it should autoplay)
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Believe it or not, we are bringing the Ariel to the US. This is an amazing car and we expect to be fullfilling orders by the holidays!
Cheers,
Craig
Thanks for the heads-up Craig. That is an amazing car.
Anything you had to do to make this car U.S. "street legal"? Or will the Atom 2 be strictly a "track car"? Do tell the specific changes if you can. : )
Seeing this car in action makes me want to quit writing for a technology magazine (Internet Telephony Magazine) and move to a car magazine, just so I can test drive this baby...
I'm going on a Miata Club cruise through some very curvey roads in the Poconos this Sunday in my Viper. The Miatas claim to handle the curves much better than my Viper. Whether that is true or not is debatable, but I know for sure if I had the Ariel Atom 2 or this weekend it would be no competition.
So what do you say you overnight me a demo model for a little spirited driving through the Poconos? Sounds like a perfect real-world testing opportunity to me! ; )
Just realized you work for Brammo Motorsports and not Ariel Motor Company. Ah well. Still, you may have inside sources to help get me a test drive. : D
Brammo actually is the manufacturing facility this is producing the Ariel in the US, we are essentially one in the same, so yes I can arrange a test drive.
This is street legal, we are just going state by state with the first owners in each state to sort out the specifics.
As for a test drive, we have one here in Oregon, but hope to have them in all major cities by the end of the year.
Feel free to give me a call, www.ariel.us.com 541-482-9555
Craig
Wow, I don't even know what to say. I'd be honored to take one for a test drive. Would be great to compare with my 2001 Viper.
I'm based in southeast Connecticut close to the NY border, so I'd be willing to drive to NY or NJ for a test drive. I'm sure you will have one in NY soon - maybe even the next NY Auto Show?
I'll definitely stay in touch. And if you remember me when you do come to the Northeast, feel free to drop a comment that there's an Ariel Atom 2 available for a spin.
Incredible!!!! I just viewed the special on the Discovery Channel. The Atom 2 certainly has my vote for the finest, fastest and most cost effective vehicle on the market.
Great job!!
I already sent an email about specs/prices. Awesome car. Can you add stages as time passes or would it have to be bought with one stage already? I'd love to be on the list for a Colorado test drive. Hell, I might be willing to go to the surrounding states to try one.
This may help, Craig runs a top notch shop, the car is even better in person.
Check out this article, it may help you bump it up on the list of things to buy next.
http://www.automotivearticles.com/123/Ariel_Atom_USA.shtml
...and of course, there's loads about the cars on the owners' club site and the forum and hundreds of pics in the gallery
http://www.atomclub.om
http://forum.atomclub.om
http://gallery.atomclub.om
Why, for the life of me, can I not find a price listing anywhere online ? Do you plan on setting up your site where you can configure your order and get a *general* idea of what the cost might be (minus shipping, tax and the lot..)?
About $70,000 per copy...
$70k? Maybe for a fully optioned Atom 2 300. If you go to www.arielatom.com you can configure them, starting as low as $33k, going up to $43k for the supercharged K20. Start adding options such as track brakes, carbon fiber, panels, etc and you can hit $50k fairly easily.
I want an Ariel Atom,I have cash waiting and wish to purchase a 220 can anyone help???
Is the car actually street legal in the U.S.
My freinds in high school doubt that it is a car and that it is street legal but i think its the best idea in the automobile industry that I have ever seen. Also is the 70,000 for the base model of the 300 supercharged. Also Is it legal in Illinois. Cuz that is my state.
OH my oh my...why did you have to make it available in the USA now that I moved back to Argentina. God, I waited 4 years. I could have actually brought it with me, as i did with my ram and evo. I just want my Ariel Atom!!!. Ohh pain, lots of pain...grief, lots of grief.
I have a Suzuki GSXR 1000 its fast i love it in the turns but after seeing this car i would trad it in a heartbeat I want one so bad dont really have that much spare cash though wondering if I could finance one some where and how would you explain something like that to the bank but it would be much better for me filming friends doing wheelies ad acting retarded also I could take my girlfriend with me any time and not have to worry about if I have my backseat on or not
Yesterday, in Los Angeles, I was riding my 2001 Suzuki GSX-R 750 down Sepulveda on my way to the San Fernando valley. Halfway there, I hear a racket behind me. Before long an Atom comes flying past me. Soon enough we're racing. By far the fastest car I've ever raced. Didn't quite have the acceleration of my Suzuki but the best competition yet. Just for comparo the cars I've had a chance to race (none as close as the Atom):
Ferrari 430
Modified Ferrari 360 Modena
96 Supercharged Mustang Saleen (2nd fastest)
Lambourghini Diablo
Lambourghini Murcielago
Porsche 911 Turbo (2004 I think it was) modified by Gembala. Claimed 750bhp.
2003 Modified Mustang Cobra
Various Corvettes
The Atom is an amazing car. I'd love to own one. The only thing missing is a nice exhaut tone (I know this is nitpicking). The car sounds like a Honda Civic with a cheap low quality exhaust system. Other than that I wouldn't change anything on it.
Many Mitsubishi Evos
other cars not worth mentioning
I located your site through my special interest in the Ariel Atom. I am the happy owner of two US/Brammo built cars and organizer of AtomFest, the first large scale North American gathering of Atoms. It will take place on October 18-20, 2007 and feature free track sessions for everyone who brings an Ariel Atom. We have about 30 signed up so far. Public is invited to attend. Much more information is at our event website www.AtomFest.net
can it be street legal? I want one so bad
msazub@sbcglobal.net
Is this thing street legal?
Ariel Atom 2 appears to be the car of my dreams (except in rain and snow). The only question I have is HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? Please tell me it's under $25,000. Please! Please, Santa, I've been good this year!