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 ...

Top Gear fans will remember the Ariel Atom V8 ... With the anonymous Stig at the wheel, the Atom 4R lays down a 1:13.7. If you include all the full-on race cars TG's tested over the years ...

Amid all the news coming from the Top Gear set like potential feuding hosts and cancelled shoots it's easy to forget why we love the show in the first place. For some of us that was Clarkson, May ...