Comments on: Ariel Atom 500 V8 first details

By: Bavarian Missile (.)(.)

Bavarian Missile (.)(.) — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:51:48 +0000

Quote ” I drive a Morgan Plus 8 that requires driving, not falling asleep within like some lame 4cyl automatic Daewoo heap.”

Well I guess that depends on whats in it !

By: Pam

Pam — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:43:38 +0000

Andrew M Says:
May 28th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Pam,
There are plenty of RWD open wheelers out there that have similar 0-100 times, and they dont seem to have the wild under or oversteer that you talk of

Andrew, I drive in the real world where the roads are very slippery when it rains after a dry spell, there are pot holes, rough / irregular road surfaces, varying cambers, some of my favourite corners are heavily shaded all year round etc.
I don’t see any of that on the almost clinical Top Gear test tracks for example. I drive a Morgan Plus 8 that requires driving, not falling asleep within like some lame 4cyl automatic Daewoo heap.

By: STIG

STIG — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:49:05 +0000

I wonder when they’ll do a V10 version…

By: Sam-R

Sam-R — Fri, 29 May 2009 04:55:19 +0000

This is the closest thing to a F1 us mere mortals will ever get a chance to drive. Some smart nut should use these in a racing class pre-V8 supercar races.

By: lazybones

lazybones — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:56:59 +0000

“Wait untill some P plater takes one out for a spin while dads on holidays, there’ll be wreckage embedded in the moon. ” excellent

I can’t believe the other atom only has a 2.0ltr Honda engine. Doesn’t seem to matter what they do with the atom even the X1 EV version is nutta fast!!

By: simon

simon — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:16:06 +0000

Siiiiiiiiiiiickkkkkk!!!!!!

Although don’t expect to see one here……….. ever!

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:59:11 +0000

Pam,
There are plenty of RWD open wheelers out there that have similar 0-100 times, and they dont seem to have the wild under or oversteer that you talk of

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:37:45 +0000

I would love to see a racing category based on these.

Would love to see the price, surely cant be that expensive in relation to similar open wheelers, let alone other sub 4 second cars

By: Pam

Pam — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:30:20 +0000

So you say that it would not throw a wild oversteer or understeer in the wet with that immense power to weight ratio and warp speed factor Richo?
Good way to ruin a good idea I suppose.

By: Toxic_Horse

Toxic_Horse — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:29:52 +0000

how can I get one of those engines for my kingswood ?