Although the Atom 4R is marginally quicker in the quarter- and half-mile showdowns, its top speed is 10 miles per hour lower than that of the M4 Competition ...

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 ...

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 ...