Ariel Atom 500 V8
2008
2008
Ariel Atom 500 V8 2008
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- Brands Hatch
- TheLoveNinja
May aswell include the original Ariel Atom if they take the time to create the model 
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- Massachusetts
- GBO-Possum
From Wikipedia:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Atom#Ariel_Atom_500
"Ariel Atom 500
Ariel announced in February 2008 its latest Atom variant, the Ariel Atom 500. It features a 500 horsepower 3.0 litre John Hartley designed V8 engine, carbon fibre body panels and aerofoils, chromoly aerofoil wishbones, integrated function steering wheel, Alcon four-piston brake calipers, and Dymag magnesium wheels. The engine weighs 90 kg (198 lb) and is coupled to a Sadev 6-speed sequential gearbox to cope with the increased power over the Honda unit. During the development process the RS performance engine was replaced by a unit prepared by Hartley Enterprises giving the final production version of the 550 kg (1,213 lb) car 909 bhp/tonne.
Ariel claims this variant will accelerate from 0-60 mph in "less than 2.3 seconds".
On 23 January 2011, the Atom 500 set the lap record around the Top Gear test track, with a time of 1:15.1, making it the fastest road-legal car to go around the track - a record that stood for just over two years, until the Pagani Huayra completed a lap in 1:13.8 on 27 January 2013."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Atom#Ariel_Atom_500
"Ariel Atom 500
Ariel announced in February 2008 its latest Atom variant, the Ariel Atom 500. It features a 500 horsepower 3.0 litre John Hartley designed V8 engine, carbon fibre body panels and aerofoils, chromoly aerofoil wishbones, integrated function steering wheel, Alcon four-piston brake calipers, and Dymag magnesium wheels. The engine weighs 90 kg (198 lb) and is coupled to a Sadev 6-speed sequential gearbox to cope with the increased power over the Honda unit. During the development process the RS performance engine was replaced by a unit prepared by Hartley Enterprises giving the final production version of the 550 kg (1,213 lb) car 909 bhp/tonne.
Ariel claims this variant will accelerate from 0-60 mph in "less than 2.3 seconds".
On 23 January 2011, the Atom 500 set the lap record around the Top Gear test track, with a time of 1:15.1, making it the fastest road-legal car to go around the track - a record that stood for just over two years, until the Pagani Huayra completed a lap in 1:13.8 on 27 January 2013."
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- Sick_Cylinder
Please also vote for its natural competitor the Caterham RS Levante - another 1,000 bhp per tonne track day car for the super rich!
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/caterham-rs-levante-1-000-bhp-per-tonne-fun.303982/
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/caterham-rs-levante-1-000-bhp-per-tonne-fun.303982/
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- Sick_Cylinder
Another competitor for the Ariel Atom as top track day machine is a car powered by the same engine (the Hartley V8), but which has the advantage of all wheel drive and better aerodynamics - the DP1:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/thre...ay-car-awd-1-000hp-tonne.304049/#post-9395410
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/thre...ay-car-awd-1-000hp-tonne.304049/#post-9395410
