Posts Tagged ‘ariel atom’
The McLaren P11 will still be powered by a 6.2-liter Mercedes AMG unit, but nobody knows yet what the car that goes around the engine is going to look like. Frank Stephenson, recently of Fiat fame, has been given instructions to completely redesign the car when he starts at McLaren. However, he can'......
Fiat apologizes to China for Richard Gere commercial
Friday, June 20th, 2008
According to Olivier Francois, Chief Executive Officer of Lancia, Richard Gere was chosen for a recent ad for the Lancia Delta because he "is not merely a fine actor; not merely one of the most famous men in the world. He is a man with a great difference: the ability to combine talent, fame and styl......
BBC asked to fire Clarkson for admitting to 186 mph joyride in Veyron
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Here's a news flash: Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear fame sometimes drives really fast. But it isn't a speeding ticket that has landed Mr. Clarkson in hot water, it's a recent admission during an interview at the Hay Festival in Powys, Wales that he drove the insanely fast Bugatti Veyron 186 mph on publ......
Miniature Testarossa puts the “go” in go-kart
Monday, March 17th, 2008
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There are go karts, and then there are go karts. This is the latter – the Ferrari Testarossa of go karts, with specifications to match. When it was originally offered in the booming 80's to luxury consumers with too much money, it sold at such premium sto......
Geneva 2008: KTM X-Bow Dallara, ready for delivery
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the production KTM X-Bow.A year ago, we had our first formal introduction to the KTM X-Bow concept. After a scant 12 months, the famed motorcycle manufacturer has officially unveiled the production version of the X-Bow, and over 2,000 people have lined up to get......
New company adopts Ariel Atom in the U.S.
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
North American Ariel Atom production has left the auspices of Brammo Motorsports and been taken up by Trak Motorsports Incorporated, which has been working feverishly to put together a sales and manufacturing operation while also working with Brammo to maintain momentum on orders and refits to Atoms......
First Blood: Ariel Atom 500 V8
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Oh Dear Lord. That's all that comes to mind when looking at the images that have just surfaced of the new Ariel Atom 500. But maybe that's not the right expression, because this is not the car you'll be driving to church. We can think of other Sunday uses for it, though, ones that will probably have......
A-Bomb: Ariel Atom to get 500-hp supercharged V8
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
With over 500 horsepower and only 1,150 lbs. to schlep around, there's only one possible reason not to lust after the Caterham RST-V8 Levante, and that's the love-it-or-hate-it "classic" styling. Fortunately, emerging reports suggest that RS Performance, the same outfit that shoehorned the superchar......
Ariel Atom-like-looks for fraction of price and performance
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear seems to think the Ariel Atom is perfect for middle-aged guys with a little extra cash and not enough foolishness for motorcycles. But most of the middle-aged guys we know have all their extra cash tied up not in little cars, but in little kids.If you, too, are a family ......
E-vade track tool unveiled ahead of Melbourne Motor Show
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
Click above for a high-res gallery of the E-Vade.We've already seen some shots of Australia's own Ariel Atom/KTM X-Bow contender, but the mom and pop operation from Down Under has officially unveiled its E-Vade track car ahead of the Melbourne Motor Show.The glorified go-kart looks like it came out ......