The Ariel Atom
 

Next time you think you may need a motorcycle to give you that open road thrill, have a look at this baby!

http://www.arielmotor.co.uk/

It raced on a closed circuit against a Honda CBR600RR & completely destroyed it...

Very tasty, not exactly an every day driver. (the wife would not be impressed!)

Absolutely, but I think the scary thing is that it is classed as a road vehicle, not a race car. People actually drive these things everyday! The front nose cone actually houses a small storage compartment.

"Top Gear" (television program in the UK) has rated this car 2nd on it's greatest cars ever list, just beaten by the Ferrari Enzo!

Another scary thing, if you could change gear quick enough, it's capable of reaching 100kph in 2.65 seconds!!!

Absolutely superb!!
I downloaded and watched the "Top Gear" video from the site

http://www.autocar.co.uk/popups/video.asp?AR=215770

Really worth a look, check out the guys face distorting when he hammers the thing, unbelievable!!, thanks Swaytan.

Sorry guys, wrong link, this is the one I was referring to

http://www.openwheelers.com.au/video...ll_segment.mpg

No worries!

Yeah it's a cool show, they also compared a BMW 1 against a Ford Focus Zetec. They didn't race them, just compared all the features, quality of build & craftsmanship & costs.

Well, something happened I didn't really expect, they said that the Focus won hands down. The consensus was that the most expensive feature of the BMW was the badge...

https://i6.tinypic.com/11lj4ux.jpg

That'd be even more fun than this.

It would appear that this car is available as a legal road car in NZ just as in the UK, in Oz it is currently only allowed for track use.
Check this out

http://www.openwheelers.com.au/

Our rules aren't as uptight as Aus. You should see some of the mad Jap imports, V6 Mirage anyone? The Jap home market has got some out there cars.