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 ...

Ariel was able to utilize an insane 3.0-liter V8 for the most violent iteration of the Atom to date – the 500. Aptly named ...

But here’s a thing: what does it feel like to step from a car that you suspect straddles the invisible boundary between sensible and potentially trouble-making, and into an Atom V8? Well ...

Atom 3.5s and 3.5Rs were considerably more expensive than that and the 500 V8 was, and remains, a unicorn on the used market. The only one we unearthed in 2022 was on Ariel’s website with a ...