Although the Atom 4R is marginally quicker in the quarter- and half-mile showdowns, its top speed is 10 miles per hour lower ...

This would be the perfect car for a regional hillclimber or autocrosser to stomp all over the competition ... pretty ...

Options included a close-ratio gearbox (£493), grooved competition discs and ... so we popped down to the Ariel factory in Crewkerne and tried an Atom. That was it: coming from the police ...

The Ariel Atom 3.5. Ariel couldn’t call it Atom 4 ... The Caterham Seven 620R is a direct competitor, priced from £52k, offering incredible performance, with 310bhp launching it from 0-62mph ...