Most powerful Atom since 2008’s V8 is equipped with Quaife sequential transmission and can hit 60 mph in 2.7 seconds car auto cars
. They’re all fast, but some, like the new 4R that was unveiled at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this week, are just a little bit crazier than the rest.
Based on the Atom 4, a heavily revised version of the original Atom that made its debut at Goodwood five years ago, the R inherits the same basic chassis, body aero improvements and a turbocharged Honda K20 2.0-liter four that helped that car make such a leap forward.
But this being a track car, the mods don’t stop at the powertrain. There are fancy Öhlins springs and dampers instead of the 4’s Eibach-Bilstein combo, carbon ceramic brake discs with AP Racing four-pot calipers, 12-mode switchable ABS, and carbon wheels that together with the brakes cut 57 lbs from the curb weight.
The Atom concept is coming up to 25 years old, but it seems like Ariel isn’t short of ideas about how to keep it out in front, not literally and figuratively.
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