Melbourne Ariel Atom

[roy-nexus-6]

Hi Guys,

meant to post this ages ago.

Some lucky sod in Melbourne owns an Ariel Atom. The sound is unbelievable - the whole car is one big Termi. Apologies for the quality of the video - it was the best I could manage at the time, and I nearly had to run my car off the road to get it.

Ariel Atom Sunday Drive

[mattyvas]

They are a wicked car, if ever there was a reason you could not ride a bike you'd have to get one of those.
Do you remember Jeremy driving it on Top Gear.

[roy-nexus-6]

They are a wicked car, if ever there was a reason you could not ride a bike you'd have to get one of those.
Do you remember Jeremy driving it on Top Gear.

I remember Jeremy having his face torn off by an Ariel. The guy I saw was in no danger of that happening - he was in full motorcycle leathers & helmet. 

[mattyvas]

So he is a biker at heart then.

[roy-nexus-6]

So he is a biker at heart then.

A very cautious biker at heart - I was able to 'chase' him down in a 25 year old car because he never got above 50 km/hr.  Still sounded awesome, though.  I didn't even know it was possible to import them into the country.

[mattyvas]

They are being sold here, have been for about 12 months.
But as they are the kind of car that they are, a track day special I imagine there are not many takers.