Ariel Atom 500 V8 Breaks Cover

Better power-to-weight ratio than Veyron

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_M7_

it got the same engine from the caterham? anyway its fine :)

February 28, 2008 11:21 pm

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radmeister

Yeah but this is lighter and in my opinion looks better. The rear and front wings should create an awesome amount of downforce which will make this thing stick to the road, the caterham had no wings for downforce in a featherweight car with 500hp. I predict this will be much faster and notably cheaper too.

February 28, 2008 11:30 pm

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desiathate

need a roof all i can say...

February 29, 2008 12:04 am

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Joe_Limon

simply insane.... wonders to self if 0-60 time is 2s

February 29, 2008 2:12 am

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911fnatic

These things are just mental. Absolutely bonkers.

February 29, 2008 6:17 am

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phobos

insane car..love it

February 29, 2008 7:41 am

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kimbo

holy sh.. Sometimes too much power is just not good! Awesome!

February 29, 2008 12:46 pm

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tootall

Nice..... Can you say "Slingshot" like acellaration?

February 29, 2008 2:54 pm

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carcrazy1234

god damnnn... that thing looks fast... 1000 bhp/tonne

February 29, 2008 3:16 pm

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Audi_fan

very light,extremely powerful,great looking,tons of grip...what a "thing"!!!

February 29, 2008 7:01 pm

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Tron117

awesome, can't wait i've designed cars like this in the hope one day they would be made, and here we are....

February 29, 2008 10:19 pm

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Joe_Limon

I am going to over analyze the amazingness of this car. If the 300hp version could reach 100km/h in 2.8s. I would suspect with its new down force, faster paddle shifting, and say me as a driver (135lbs) would be capable of 0-100km/h in 2s. That is accelerating at about 13.7 m/s^2. or 1.4 times faster then gravity. The magnitude of the force on my 135lb body would be about 232lbs. And for one more number. If I drove down a 31.5 degree slope, with gravity aiding the acceleration. I would feel weightlessness.

March 1, 2008 2:01 am

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radmeister

Im guessing thats exactly why all the downforce, wouldnt be good if the car felt weightless too :p

March 1, 2008 3:32 am

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ceven

This sounds seductive, but then imagine what it'll do to you if you're going uphill. Pampers, anyone? :D

July 25, 2008 1:21 pm

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