Ariel Reveals New Turbocharged Atom 4, Will Debut at Goodwood Festival of Speed

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Ariel Reveals New Turbocharged Atom 4, Will Debut at Goodwood Festival of Speed

This article was published by Andrew Evans (@Famine) on July 11th, 2018 in the Automotive News category.

 

[marcvic]

I really appreciate how it won't be racing in a camouflaged guise

-ahem- Toyota

 

[Danoff]

I kinda wish they'd head the other way with these... make the performance a little less supernatural and bring the car more to the masses. I don't need insane levels of acceleration (and probably can't use it fully) to enjoy a pure driving experience from a car that handles like a car should. I could probably make do with 150 horses and one of these at the track and still have a ridiculous grin on my face.

 

[05XR8]

Agree. A Caterham 120 is perfect for me(not that I've driven one). Put in the low boost engine from the normal Civic and a Fit/Jazz engine, for entry level.

 

[marcvic]

I kinda wish they'd head the other way with these... make the performance a little less supernatural and bring the car more to the masses. I don't need insane levels of acceleration (and probably can't use it fully) to enjoy a pure driving experience from a car that handles like a car should. I could probably make do with 150 horses and one of these at the track and still have a ridiculous grin on my face.

I agree. I suppose the kart for the masses would be the Polaris Slingshot, if you can get over the three wheels.

What is the starting price for a standard Ariel Atom?

 

[IngRobNy]

And Goodwood Festival of Speed starts tomorrow , usally they stream here:

https://www.goodwood.com/flagship-events/festival-of-speed/

so I will tune in tomorrow .

 

[z71L28]

I was expecting more top speed. 230HP,1300lLBS car. Guess it has short gear ratios.

 

[TS050]

I was expecting more top speed. 230HP,1300lLBS car. Guess it has short gear ratios.

This car would literally gain nothing from a higher top speed

 

[Vegard]

I was expecting more top speed. 230HP,1300lLBS car. Guess it has short gear ratios.

Mass is only a marginal factor when it comes to top speed. Also, the Atom is hardly the pinnacle of low drag design.

 

[05XR8]

Yeah, this is pretty much the design of the Atom

Strapping a turbo motor in the middle, probably won't make it pull Veyrons on the Autobahnen.

 

[Sage Ages]

I was expecting more top speed. 230HP,1300lLBS car. Guess it has short gear ratios.

It has 320hp, a 7000rpm rev limiter*, and the drag coefficient of a brick. None of these things are in favor of huge top speeds and the fact that it does 160mph is actually kinda impressive.


*going on the assumption it still uses the stock Honda rev limit

 

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