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North American Ariel Atom 4 is here
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The fourth generation of the Ariel Atom is now available in North America. The super lightweight vehicle that once deformed Jeremy Clarkson’s face is all-new, despite retaining its familiar looks. Ariel says that only the clutch pedal, the brake pedal, and the fuel cap are carry-over parts from the previous Ariel Atom 3. So what…
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There's a new Ariel Atom and it arrives with Civic Type R heat
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Ariel has a new Atom. It’s called the Atom 4 and the mental machine has ascended into a mental plane of existence. Ariel engineers have fitted the 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine from a Honda Civic Type R behind the driver’s head. The result is a new Atom with 306 horsepower, better aerodynamics, and ridiculous performance…
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Ariel Nomad Tactical Plays in the Snow
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Some time ago we took a close look at the Ariel Nomad Tactical, the car and all its features. At the time I said that when my friend Baer Connard of Ace Performance gets one this summer I will be first one to drive it. The summer has come and gone and I never found the time to drive…
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Ariel Nomad Tactical: Pictures and Details
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Some time ago we showed you some pictures, specifications, and a quick video of the US-market Ariel Nomad. Since then those pictures and video have gone kind of viral: Autoblog, Carbuzz, Road & Track, Motor1, and a handful of others. Today we have a dozen more pictures of the Ariel Nomad Tactical and we go into some…
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The off-road Ariel Nomad is now available in America
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Some time ago the British Ariel Motor Company has introduced a new kind of Ariel, the off-road ready Nomad. Right away computer-bound car -guys all over the world have fallen in love with it and expressed that love through pictures of Fry throwing money. The really great news is that the Ariel Nomad will now be…
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Ariel Atom on a Karting Track
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Few weeks ago I have taken the very same Ariel Atom that is in this video for spin around town. It was an amazing life-changing experience of which I will write about shortly. More recently the car has taken a trip to Monticello Motor Club, where Chris Duplessis, who is a Rally America Pro Driver and…
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Ariel Atom Drag Races Snowmobile on Ice Runway
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TV shows and magazines just love to race super fast cars versus military airplanes. That’s great and all, but seriously, it’s a game at best. Comparing two land vehicles is more of an apple-to-apple thing. Here, our friends at ACE Performance, the Northeast dealer of the Ariel Atom, took their own Ariel Atom Spec racer, put it on winter…
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Video: Ariel Atom on the street and on the track
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ACE Performance is a northeast Ariel Atom retailer and a good friend of Hooniverse. One of their clients is Henry Cipolla who owns an Ariel Atom and has it serviced there. His driving time is split equally between street and tracks. The two got together to make two videos about this amazing vehicle, check them out. (Another…
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Ariel Atom Honda Racing Edition – Moar Powah!!!!!
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Sometime ago, at the Honda Performance Development, Inc. Headquarters in Santa Clarita, California, there was a meeting. In that meeting someone stood up and said “The TMI AutoTech Ariel Atom needs more power, it’s just too slow. And it needs to stop better, too! And we should make our own version that addresses those shortcomings!”…
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Beware! There is now an Ariel Atom Police Car!
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Apparently speeding motorcyclists have become a serious problem for the municipal fuzz of UK’s Avon and Somerset counties. Whatever crap-cans they are using are not fast enough to keep up with baddies on crutch-rockets so they decided to get something faster. The local Police decided against any so-called exotic that maybe found in UAE or…
