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Not Fond Of Helmets? Ariel Atom Gets Its Windshield

 Not Fond Of Helmets? Ariel Atom Gets Its Windshield
Ariel Atom

Removable piece for the roads


For people who just love driving, being able to have an Ariel Atom under the control of their hands and feet is enough. Despite this, Atom owners must admit that using a helmet all the time can be a little frustrating. For these customers, Ariel has developed a removable windshield.

Although a simple concept, the windscreen must be a pretty nice piece of engineering, since it brings five elements into a one-piece structure: the windshield, wiper, washer, switchgear and wiring. There are five mouting fixtures and an electrical connector, something that seems easy enough for anyone to install and remove whether they are on the track or public roads.

Ariel does not tell us the weight of the assembly, but it must not be relevant to the cars performance, especially for the Atom 500 V8.

Source: Ariel
Jul 25, 2008 11:00 am By Gustavo Henrique Ruffo

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Comments (12)

 Tuner_Mad Tuner_Mad
It's safer and more areodynamic. Why didn't they think of this at the start?
July 25, 2008 5:42 pm
 Snark21883 Snark21883
"it weighs more and significantly increases the center of gravity of the car." Yeah, by some tiny, irrelevant fraction. If you're on a track and you care about the center of gravity, then take the damn thing off. If you're on the road, cruising, you're probably not driving so hard that weight and center of gravity matter.
July 25, 2008 6:48 pm
 ShinyG ShinyG
Nice, your face gets a brake from the windshield but you're still getting that nice breeze in the pants area! Talk about free air conditioning :p
July 25, 2008 8:13 pm
 v6s_stink v6s_stink
With or without the screen the Atom is one of the coolest cars ever.
July 25, 2008 9:48 pm
 Tron117 Tron117
i still reckon it looked better without the windshield, but if it has no other draw backs then i s'pose its a good choice.
July 26, 2008 5:40 am
 great_supercars255 great_supercars255
WOW!i think its great!
August 22, 2008 4:59 pm