Ultimate Track car..... no NOT the 240

[UPTOWN]

Ariel Atom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fpfv8FsNQo&search=ariel%20atom

[ThatGuy]

This is not new information. Most Zilvians have already seen this episode of Top Gear and know what the Ariel Atom is capable of. Welcome to 2004. :bow: Unless this is the Episode with the Atom 2 in which case, I should say welcome to 2005. :keke: Since Jeremy ends the show with "Happy New Year", I'd have to say this is the Episode from December 26, 2004..

[NemeGuero]

ThatGuy... newb wrangler

hahahaa

[SimpleS14]

They recently came out with a second version that you can now buy in the states. You can only get it thru one dealer (Oregon's Brammo Motorsports) and so far Jay Leno has the top of the line model rating at 300bhp, 1,116 lbs and a price of ~$70,000. The base model is 160hp and priced at $35,000.

I read this in my latest issue of Maxim....yes I do read some of the articles.

[UPTOWN]

old or not.... that thing is completely nutts! I'd love to drive that thing

[s13coupedrfter]

The write-up on Leno's atom was in Popular Science or Popular Mechanics ahh one of the two. That thing kicks-ass, to bad it looks like a overgrown go cart.

[ThatGuy]

http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/assets/2006/06/Jay-Leno-Ariel-Atom-Out-Of-Gas.jpg
Jay, the owner of the massive chin and more massive car collection was spotted in his Ariel Atom in front of the Autobooks/Aerobooks store in sunny Burbank, California. Ok, that’s nothing abnormal — he’s a car afficianado, and Autobooks/Aerobooks is the place car afficianados go. Except most drivers generally fill up with enough gas to not only go there, but also to make it back home. Not so in Jay’s case — he ran out of gas in front of the store. Talk about the world’s worst place to have the tank hit empty — we can only imagine the type of ribbing he got. Chin up, Jay — we’re sure someone out there’ll spot you a few gallons until you can make it to the station.

--Quoted from a random Google Search.