Ariel Atom

U haven't heard of Ariel Motor Company, have you ?
Let me explain their expertise to you . . .

Accelerating to 100 km/h from a standing start in just 2.89 seconds, believe me, you do not want to drag race this monster. This is mainly because the Ariel Atom weighs a mere 612 kg.
The Ariel Atom is an exoskeleton car, meaning that the external frame, being made of steel, aluminium or carbon fiber tubes is clearly visible, so the car lacks a roof and other features on ordinary aerodynamic road cars. Due to this the car has a high coefficient of drag (0.40), then again the weight of the car compensates for that, allowing the car to stop to rest from 160 km/h in 3.8 seconds. :O

The Exoskeleton(Chassis)

The latest variant of this beast (Ariel Atom 500) boasts a 500 hp V8 engine. The car is even lighter at 550 kg making it one of the lightest road legal cars with 0-100 km/h under 3.0 seconds. The producer claims that this variant will accelerate from 0-60 mph in "less than 2.3 seconds".
Seriously ?   Because Bugatti accelerates to 100 km/h in 2.46 seconds. This would make it the quickest road legal car available today. Then again the Bugatti costs over 2 million dollars and well Ariel is well under a 100 grand, quite a bargain there.

The car isn't the fastest car in the world with a top speed of 275 km/h, but its sheer accelerating is a spine chiller.



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