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.

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 ...

Boutique sports car manufacturer Ariel has been around for almost a quarter of a century, with the Atom and Nomad carving out a unique niche in the automotive scene for no-frills enthusiast sports ...

Boutique British sports car manufacturer Ariel has gone green. Most famous for the lightweight Atom that turned Jeremy ...

Ariel makes you question how much car you really ... A 2-litre K20Z Honda four-cylinder in the Atom, making 245bhp at a suitably Honda-like 8600rpm, or up to 350bhp with a supercharger in the ...

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 ...

Thirteen years ago, an Ariel Atom fitted with a 500bhp V8 blitzed the Top Gear test track in 1m 15.1s. That was fast. But this is now. And now, the new Ariel Atom 4R sports a Honda Civic Type R's ...