Several sports car firms rejected his idea, so he set up the Ariel Motor Company ... factory in Crewkerne and tried an Atom. That was it: coming from the police, I like driving fast and the ...

Boutique sports car manufacturer Ariel has been around for almost a quarter of a century, with the Atom and Nomad carving out a unique niche in the automotive scene for no-frills enthusiast sports ...

The Ariel Atom V8 is bonkers. 500bhp in a car that weighs 550kg, giving a power to weight ratio of over 900bhp per ton and 0-60mph in a claimed 2.3sec. According to Ariel boss Simon Saunders ...

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Representing all cars light and nimble, the Ariel Atom 4R is no Miata but a different animal entirely because it weighs 665 kilograms (1,466 pounds) compared to a little over 1,100 (2,425 ...