Flutterby™! : Ariel Atom

Next time I'm snickering at some owner of an exotic sportscar for putting his physiological detriments on display like that, I need to remember the performance equivalent alternative I always want to suggest: the Ariel Atom. 0-60 in 2.9. Performance that puts it right up against the half-million dollar cars. It sure looks exotic, but it also looks like it'd be perfect form factor for tooling up Route 1 on a warm fall day if your tastes in that direction fall towards a gasoline engine. I don't see any specific American prices around, but it should be about $60k US. The Top Gear segment on the Ariel Atom.

I still think that if I'm going to be tooling up Route 1 in something involving that much carbon fiber it should be with two wheels and probably made by Calfee Design, but I wanted this in a place where I could find it again.

And speaking of Top Gear, I'm generally not much on TV hosts, they're usually vacuously ignorant and reading off of scripts, but I have enjoyed the occasional Top Gear segment on YouTube when it's been recommended to me, and anyone who does their own stunts to the tune of 300MPH gets a bit of respect: Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond in hospital after crash at somewhere between 200 and 300 MPH.