Ariel Atom 500 V8 specs

@mods Autocar test data

@fastestlaps there is a bug where the atom 500 page is displayed twice on the ariel page

what a ****in beast

the ariel atom 500 v8 got a lap time of 6:57 on the Nurburgring Nordschleife

Approx. 6:57 On the Nurburgring Nordschleife

Is there any video on youtube with this car running on spa circuit? thanks

Yeah they are obnoxiously over-priced. That said, strictly performance speaking there's really nothing that will touch it on a track in this price range.
Personally I'd rather the original supercharged-4cyl version with the manual.

overpriced...But ill take mine in ALL Gold. But this car loses a lot of steam after 110Mph I hear, Still though, 150k is too much, specially since you can get an Atom 3 for 28k...Don't see the price justification. Rather have a GT3..

@Shaggy, Agreed, It would be a great way to test your skill, trial-by-fire style ;)

@ Flabernat: I'd like to drive this car, at least once, just to see if I'm man enough to handle it. A hot lap in a car this powerful, this light and this intense is a great way to see what you're made of.

The things I would do to get behind the wheel of this, especially on an open track..... I love TG's review, especially when it was Tiff Needell who out-raced the racing bike ^_^

I saw that crash while watching the 1999 24 hours of LeMans race, the car didn't go as high as I remembered, I thought it went over the trees and landed behind them, a door flew up and the driver walked away unharmed. I'll bet he had to change his underwear. XD

@Shaggy
That would be the result of this experiment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow3rxq7U1mA&hd=1

@ Fangio Man: It's probably either really fun, or extremely frightening to drive. :D

"475 horsepower in a car that weighs less than a full grown cow, I bet this car will fly!"

Just remove the spoilers and it will! ;D

475 horsepower in a car that weighs less than a full grown cow, I bet this car will fly!

Power is 500 bhp! source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Atom#Ariel_Atom_500
http://www.leftlanenews.com/new-car-buying/ariel/atom-500-v8/
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/ariel/2012-ariel-atom-v8-500-ar100592.html

@Mark 04
I do not think so.

.youtube.com/watch?v=_jvHqB4ZxbU
can we use the time from this?
8mins???

Autocar Road Test: Ariel Atom V8 scan
http://www.germancarforum.com/community/threads/autocar-road-test-ariel-atom-v8.38829/

Just got knocked off it's perch by the Huayra on top gear!!! 1:13.8

FANTASTIC CAR!!!!!!!!!!!¡¡¡!!!!!!!!!!

what we now know about this car?
Ariel Atom 500 V8 on Rain make you DIE!
xD

0-200 kmh?

Scaffolding with lots of plastic stuck to it and an engine (also can remove Jeremy Clarkson's face) in about 5 years I could build one! Still bags of fun though.

This car is sooooo lame, you cant drive it anywhere without a helmet, over a bump, or in the rain, or you will be killed. Not to mention if you have a crash. It has a 500 bhp/ton And yet it is just as fast a Mclaren MP4-12C around a track, a car that can be driven anywhere. I know its great for the track but its NOT a road car and I hate how they advertise it as such.

Autocar tested this car with 2 people on board 0-60 in 3.02 sec...
60mph in 2.3sec seems a bit ambitious, but the effect of 75/80kg extra in a car that weights 650kg with fuel ready to run is quite big.
So i'd say 2.8 to 60mph is surely possible.

those 3.4kph can be done in 0.1s, if there's no gear change between them

But the Atom gets to 63mph in 1st so the difference would be around 0.1s from the 0-60 and 0-62mph...
Anyway 0-100 in 2.3 is too optimistic, Autocar got to 60mph in "only" 3s

"60 mph is 96,6 kph"

So: 100-96.6 = 3.4 kph difference. Do you really think they need 0.3-0.5 seconds for another 3.4 kph?!

Well, if 100 kph is achived in 2.3, then 3.4 kph would be in less than 0.1 of a second.

In conclusion, 0-60 mph is quite the same as 0-100 kph.