And it’s the patriotically hued British Racing Green Lotus 49 Cosworth that springs to mind now, as I stand beside the new Ariel Atom 4, nearly 20 years after the first Atom appeared.

But hey, your neighbors don't know an Ariel Atom from a Corbin Sparrow. Just play the famous video of Clarkson making a fool of himself in the Atom, and no one needs to know you only spent about ...

Ariel was picky about what company it let make an Atom model, because the car's construction makes miniaturization complex. Ariel Atom? Sadly, neither can we – especially not the limited-run V8 ...