Ariel Atom 300bhp leaving lights

[sotaros93]

not even trying...

[MrMegacale]

The guy who did the Ariel Atom Darth Vader skit was my coworker. He took me on a drive in this thing and i nearly shat my pants...

[HLecterPHD]

try to cut in front at the lights now golf driver / subaru driver/ white van man

[Piplikesbmx]

It's a bike engine lol blackbird would piss all over this !!

[dazzassti]

@Piplikesbmx Its actually a supercharged civic type r engine with a Jackson racing supercharger, and no a blackbird wouldn't piss all over it, as I've had a new hyyabusa and now have an S1000rr and the atom was as quick to say 75-80mph as both bikes. This is from someone who has owned then not sat on playstation games driving them ;-)

[colganraz]

lol jus noticed this vid is in rothwell leeds

[PepperGnome12]

holy crap, makes me want to rename my penis 'the ATom"

. ..

hmmm, wait a minute..

[Fruitypuddinpops]

i was wondering if there was any videos of the atom on actual streets, thanx for helping clear that up

[CommandShiftH]

thats fast lol i wonder if its legal in canada

[ow1ShinoXr]

who else really wants one =(((( ? how much is it btw, not the v8 this one ;)

[PandehPropaganda]

@ow1ShinoXr I want one so badd lol

[vicxon100]

oooh that sound 0:33

[J90JAM]

40 people are jealous!

[GraveUypo]

@J90JAM 40? more like 317463

[coolcarman555]

Gone

[Crappuccino96]

I. Haven't got anything to say. Just wow.

[brooky1981]

lol in john o gaunts, thats a 40 zone haha ;)

[Garcian]

im not joking, if i had one of these i would purposefully drive slow from traffic lights. total juxtaposition

[ProTuner06]

That's one fast Go Kart! xD

[roundtr1p]

I bet you still get the chavs in their Corsa B's thinking they can have you off the lights.

[thelimeydude]

ho-lee-shit. that looks like so much adrenaline.....enjoyed everything except seeing england in the background

[zXFreeStyleXz]

bloody hell that is quick!

[24preacherboy]

Time to make a vid of you dusting cops.

[Logicalx]

What a way to advertise you breaking the law on a public site and then brag about it, you know how many forces across the uk are watching videos like this and arresting people.

Besides thats, i bet its fucking wicked and such a rush to drive that.

[kajenius]

insanee must be the funest car in the world

[SiIXEN037]

hey, im thinking of buying this car, how much does it cost exactly? and hows the mileage? Really like this car

[TheFirstOracle]

@SiIXEN037 If you have to ask, you probably can't afford it!

[SiIXEN037]

@TheFirstOracle

of course i can't, but my dad can.

[y0utUBeH8r]

FAAAAAAAAWWWWK!

[reyquezada]

good Gad is fast

[merklehour]

is that woodlesford in leeds?

[mattiothegreat]

Can't believe he's starting in 2nd AND short shifting!! lightning fast... how good is the immobiliser on these things??!!

[Ianj1983]

I want 1 :-)

[kingJamesthaThird]

dude. gone. lol

[Bryd3n]

tuned honda civic engine ... who knew honda's had potential. thsi car is like no other

[cavaderblood]

@Bryd3n I HATE Honda with a passion (except their bikes), but this is ridiculous. I like how it takes a small group of dedicated people to actually utilize a Honda engine in a meaningful way that doesn't sound like a fart when it accelerates.

[Nickomfacc]

god i want one!

[xXxDANMANxXx]

evil toad at 1:16 LOL that atom shit is fucking fast

[camelapodo]

Jesus. "I want one" just doesn't do justice how damn much I want one.

[dazzygod]

THE BEST OF BRITISH.NICE VID MAN.

[LBTennis]

That thing would be sooo much fun

[budracin8guy07]

sweet vid...........thanx!

[thinkmurphy]

ahhhh... love the sound of the supercharger!

[TrexGT40]

The 1999 Hayabusa GSX1300R does zero to 100 in 2.4 seconds, with another bloke managing 2.2 on a set of salt flats, plus the Busa has a topspeed of 350KMH

[bluemax1990]

this is the very same view you get, of other 4 wheeled road users, when on a yamaha vmax.very impressive,thanks for uploading

[redghost105]

wtf just happen i saw the cars for one second...but then i blink and there gone

then before i know it they slowly come back on the screen

[sxybob4u]

Daaaaamn thats FAST :O

[tyron01sa]

i'd love to drop the new italia in this.

[DrivenMind]

holy fucking shit.

[Dafidd]

:-) leaving the euro boxes to eat dust!

[rmessenger]

@Dafidd It IS a euro box. Ariel is a company based in England.

[rvsgamer]

@Dafidd LOL maybe you should do some research.... The atom is based in somerset ENGLAND the usa has manufacturing rights only....

[RedRocket1987]

@Dafidd Do your research before you comment.

[722stirlingmoss]

impresionante

[frgrgrgrftg]

lol, got chance 2 b a passenger in 1....didnt realise how insane, but fun, they can be....

[originaldriver]

I appreciate them for showing some degree of restraint on a public road.

Good vid.

[reagnet1]

that dude in the audi behind is probably still shocked.

[ChocManus]

LOL!

[ChocManus]

Power to weight ratio. Gotta love it

[Errorbgkn1]

lol and they say 0-60 takes 2.8 secs yeah right that was about 1.5

[EnglishImport10]

nah 2.8 if you can shift it fast enough

[lilcrazed4]

@Errorbgkn1 It's 2.8 on road tyes think on racing slicks

[theHipfan73]

HOLY SHITBALLS! That car is redonkulous! Those other cars probably had no clue what they just saw. I must have one.

[lilcrazed4]

@theHipfan73 If you got 40K in the bank then yes

[gurusomb]

i thought u could get them for about 30 000?

[lilcrazed4]

@gurusomb

Only the 245 BHP

it's 40K for the 300

[heartlesspinto]

Wow, that car was barely trying! It would sound better if you ran it to red line though, ha ha. I'd be completely willing to sacrifice all the good things about a normal car to have this thing. I already ride a motorcycle and drive boats through bad rain, a car like this wouldn't be all that bad, i'd just wear my motorcycle helmet.

[brumster01]

Ah man i want one sooooo bad

[2otalH4VOC]

fuck me thats quick! the cars behind aren't anywhere to be seen haha

[eb1zzle]

Doesn't seem that quick to me, but then again my ride has twin jet turbines.

[21fuzz21]

rofl.. twin jet turbines? Unless ur flying a airplane then gg u fail.

This car would probably rape urs anyways man. There like mid-high 2's from 0 to 60.

[eb1zzle]

haha yep my ride is an F-18. On a carrier launch it does 0-120 in 2.5 seconds.. Thats about +3.0G lateral acceleration.

[Skierfe]

Well, yeah... but on a carrier it gets "a bit" of help as it launches so.... eh.... Gotta love jet fighters though :)

[Lionforever1860]

What a fucking beast!!!!!!

[camelapodo]

I envy you so. Very. Much.

[sotaros93]

i hate youuuuuuu :P

[pkr150]

Now thats what i call hitting Vtec

[cheryltweedyismint]

Mate if he was only taking it to 5k on the revs he wasnt even getting into vtec. I wanna see the accelleration when nailing it and getting in the vtec zone.

[atomi50]

I heard smtn about using special fuel for atom,is that true? what do you use?

[dazzassti]

no just regular fuel, Shell Optimax mostly

[rs200000000000]

@atomi50 being a honda engine you should always run it on super which is at least 97ron or as the man said optimax which is 99ron good stuff

[rs200000000000]

@atomi50 look up water/meth injection

[dodoz44]

you're one lucky man, all i can say ;p

[dazzassti]

Forgot to add I asked about the atom 500 the ther month and they had already sold half of the planned 25 cars... Oh and btw it's reported to do

0-60 in 2.5 seconds and 100 in under 6. Still it's going to be £120,000. Having had a 300 I can't see it's worth another £90,000, I honestly can't see youngetting another 90ks worth of Fun or performance out of it. And my busa would still be quicker ;-)

[rvsgamer]

@dazzassti How you manage to work that out ur busa does 0-60 in 2.7 secs if u have a 99 model and still the 2008 does it in 2.6 so the atom is still quicker..... Unless you have modded ur busa the atom will have the busa off the lights....

[dazzassti]

@rvsgamer Ive got a new busA, but the atom is quicker. off the lights to say 60 99% of the time as it's easier to hook up the car than the bike off the line. After 60 the busa leaves the atom, as the bike is just getting into it's stride, after 100 the busa just goes.

[ZiobroV]

@dazzassti And the first bend leaves your bike two miles behind the car. Comparing the two is pointless, just sayin'.

[3csimon]

@rvsgamer much faster gear change on a motorbike in reality.

[gorz1234]

@rvsgamer and a busa is more straightline speed than acceleration bit still my dads fireblade does 0-60 in 2.2 with his mapping kit on it well on a rolling road anyway still would fucking love to go on an atom

[sandmandj]

@dazzassti yeah, quicker in a straight line, but the Atom will bend you over and stick it to you on the corners.

[dazzassti]

Turboaccord, the Uk cars top spec at present is and has been the type R engine with a Jackson charger. There's been development work done with the v8, but that engine alone is $40,000, my atom 300 was $50,000. I've spoken to Simon re the v8 and the only plan so far is very limited run costing around $180000. Start saving up hey :-)

[turboaccord18]

/watch?v=mGO3RLnFyaw

[turboaccord18]

hey

[turboaccord18]

yall are dumb you need to do some research features a 500 horsepower 3.0 litre Russell Savory designed V8 it is street legal and it cost $35,000 and wll do zero to 60 in 3 seconds flat .3 seconds faster then a porshe 911 twin turbo

[rvsgamer]

@turboaccord18 Dude ur a fucking idiot..... the latest atom has a 500bhp v8 3.0L engine only 25 are gonna be made and the price is $160,000 at least.. And still its made in England <3

[Steroidpoodle]

and its simply amazing how EASY that is taking it. doesn't that engine rev close to 9 grand?

[pitgp83]

Ma quanto cazzo cammina???

[epik151]

I have to myself one of these.

[batrama310]

I don't even think we get this version in the states :'''(

[terryrouge]

Now we do. Thankfully now we get the honda engine, not the gm crap

[romanosalvatore]

Haha yeah, why would you put a GM engine in it?

[dazzassti]

Lol, I can assure you it was supercharged, or at least on my reciept it had a big fat figure and tick next the the word, Jackson Supercharger.. Oh and it went like F£$% too... Plus if the bloody gearbox made a whine like that i think I'de have had it fixed... ;-) at least some people on here know there cars... :-)

[jamesf348]

Everyone thats saying its not supercharged, go shoot yourselves.

[sethpettman]

just listen it is def supercharged

[TOLEKbananPL]

1:20 Honey, I'm not lying! Really before us was somehow a car! buuuum and he is not...

[gw15100]

amazing english car. can beat hugely expensive cars and is under 25k

[QSideProductions]

its made in the usa... muahahaha

[AwsomeAthiest]

Actually its a british car, some US company bought the rights to produce it in the states, and i do believe they use a different engine to the civic vtec.

[dazzassti]

Yes its made under license in the US also now to the same spec as the uk car, they do have a choice of GM engine in the states though.

[xsaradriver1]

absolutely not. it's made in the UK dude.

[QSideProductions]

Well the website disagrees with you...

[xsaradriver1]

UK designed. Made in UK for all markets except american where it is made in the US. It's a UK product though. No american was ever involved in its development.

[MegaWizeguy]

guy aint even trying , 0-60 in under 2.8 second if u can change gear fat eough thats onl the standard not supercharged , the supers r 300bhp with the civic type R , thats slow compared to the top model,,fk iv crashed enough of em

[meekie1000]

Sounds like a hedge strimmer

[ponchochan]

a bad ass hedge trimmer.

[Ry51an]

According to a rumor I heard...no one will insure one in the states!!! TOTAL BULLSHIT! Out accelerates a $400k+ Lambo Murcielago SV...for give or take 1/5 of the price...

[ksm1985]

they dont like cars with bad safety, even though this one is good, americans are weird

[marcoantonio78]

gotta love that supercharger sound..its just addictive

[walkermc2k8]

This int even supercharged u mad head lol easy mistake made tho the super charged version is alot quicker than this version

[staterbay]

Yes this is the supercharged version! You can clearly hear the supercharger whinning when he accelerates.

[Anthonyx99]

dude your retarded that is supercharger whine

[KiNeVeo]

Wicked accel

[Road2Perfection]

well, i know some folks who have tried it, and skylines, and they say, there are few cars that impress us at handling after a tuned skyline, but the atom was incredible!

sounds great, and the fact that its very fast aswell makes it a great "toy"

[staterbay]

Is a second gear start quicker than a first off the line? Because of the uncontrolable torque etc.

[LOLICONE]

Its' not so much about the torque it produces . Since it's honda engine couple with it's appropriate gear box, the ffirst gear is vey short and if you are not too sure about your gear changes you're better off starting it in second gear.

[crabpeoples]

ive actually gotten a ride in one (sucks it was a short ride) and it was pure insanity

[rapidrory]

exactaly the same, i got a five minute ride in a 300 for work experience, and it was incredible.

[JustARant]

what kind of work experience was it?

[rapidrory]

An awsome one, apparently :) Just standard year 10 work experience, i live like five minites from the factory, and my cousin works there, so it was fairly easy to get a placement there..

[notrickroll]

i love how this car doesn't look super flamboyant like a lamborghini etc. then people are amazed at how fast it goes

[USGiorgi]

not even trying lol. I love this car.

[cocodrilll]

niiiiiiice acceleration!!! this is a really dream car

[moaski]

I would, too. I'd use it as my daily driver...and just drive all day.

[8906306844]

wow really nice :) a lot speed ,gratz for video man

[NorCalN]

I would. It would just be like a bike where you drive it on the weekends in the morning to get coffee or something and just to play around with it.

Would be so fun.

[Marciaus007]

maybe it's not nice, but damn quick

[cunthooks657]

very sexy .. too watch...a million star rating..

[TrashofHell]

daaamn nice car !

[panzarw]

wonderfull car, and you can say its the atom, the proof is the chargers sound when at accel.

I want it, 2l its just perfect, only thing is how be warm in winter in that thing....

[BabyAteMy8Ball]

wear an extra coupe of jumpers!

[drugsnbass13]

pfffffffff.....this is theeee shit

[TROOPERfarcry]

It made the other cars look like they didn't move at that green light.

[Gilarax]

Why'd that cock with the 4 rings need to pull up so close to you at the lights??? Good video by the way!

[toonjosh]

this is my road in rothwell, leeds. from them last set o traffic lights to where it ends is about half a mile, nd its only a 40mph limit. p.s. u can see the pikeys to the left in the last few secs, haha

[luke2008duke]

JESUS CHRIST

[tietenvriend]

if you rev it more it will blow up ur head because it's next to the engine, nice and quiet on the low revs tho

[ISLAM4THICKONES]

Power to weight ratio is huge and the price is pretty good.

In UK cost approx 29,000 UK pounds for 300hp model.

[RB30BMW]

can't wait till it hits aussie roads

[Germungus]

Awesome.

[VallaMC]

Holy shit!!! I luv this car!!!

[mlooad]

audi got fucked! name the license plate bye bye and you're ready to hit the streets!

[Jezzabri]

Awesome. Bit of a pain with all the traffic lights though. Lovely noise it makes. =D

[feralferret]

haha

[samuelberman100]

Bloody fantastic!

[euheide]

doesn't it require special fuel tough? or can you fill it with normal 98 octane gas?

[monument4852]

No normal unleaded fuel will ok as its a civic type R engine

[euheide]

thanks!

[BurtonRMC]

If it's a civic type R, then it qill require premium gas. Unleaded will hinder the performance won't it?

[kramerbuccs24]

Yes. Pump gas of 91 or 93 (us) octane would be fine. Race gas will help performance, but the highest level of pump gas is what the engine expects and needs to prevent knocking and damage.

[Epitaph66]

gimmegimmegimme

[span89]

wow.

[djandymartin]

I want one...

[soundproofking]

yo is that leggal in canada

[emer50n]

omg so amazing... can you ride that on the street?

[jakem11]

Can you drive this thing on the road? is it street legal?

[dazzassti]

no, this was on my drive...

[cdoggydog182]

Ha Ha Ha! well said

[justin368]

Yes it is legal, at least in the US

[maxamilion91]

Yes 100% road legal in the UK as well. A new version of this is coming out, google 'Ariel Atom 500 V8'.

[schumisatokubica]

I'd love to take on a drag race with this against some ricer in a BMW. I'd start off and he'd go WTF?!?!?

[compdude47]

This video should be called, "making an exit." :)

[ImYourRealDad]

Somerset's Finest!!!

[cumguzzlar]

Man cannot excede 10 miles in every hour!

[spackwit]

That's true the countrys most respected barber surgeons state that above 10 miles in every hour your head will explode.

[athriaxo]

Dam bitch that is FAST

[pakkiaman2]

HHAAAHHAH , NIIIIIIIIIICE hahahha

[armstrn]

i sooo hope can australia get them??? omg i so want one

[TheMainMan318]

no wheel spin what so ever thats aweseome i love these. whats that rattle though when idling?