Although the Atom 4R is marginally quicker in the quarter- and half-mile showdowns, its top speed is 10 miles per hour lower ...

Initially it might seem surprising that there hasn’t been a scale model of an Ariel Atom before now. After all, the car is extremely popular and it’s been in production for 16 years.

Several sports car firms rejected his idea, so he set up the Ariel Motor Company to build the Atom himself. Arch Motors collaborated on the steel skeleton and Saunders set about sourcing ...