Atom The company manufactures the
Ariel Atom, an extremely light, high performance car, powered by a
Honda Civic Type-R engine and
gearbox. The Atom is the world's first road-going
exoskeletal car; it has no bodywork or roof, and is built entirely around the tube chassis, making it weigh less than . This means that the Ariel Atom 3.5R
supercharged model has a
power-to-weight ratio of around per tonne. In 2003, the 2-liter Honda Civic Type R (for the 220) and Type-S (for the 160) engine was used to power the Atom 2. Introduced in 2007, the Atom 3 included a new gearbox and a "KZ" Type-R motor. and deliveries started at the start of June 2019. In 2020, Autocar selected the Ariel Atom 4 as Britain's Best Driver's Car.
Ace In June 2014, the company announced the new
Ariel Ace motorcycle. Powered by a Honda 1237cc V4 engine and gearbox, the bike will be produced from 2015 in similar volume levels to the existing car-based products.
Nomad In January 2015, Ariel introduced the Nomad, a road-legal
buggy designed along the same principles as the Atom, at the Autosport International Show. The Nomad utilises a 2.4 litre Honda engine producing 235bhp. In 2023, Ariel received $370,000 funding from the Niche Vehicle Network (NVN) and the
Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) to construct Nomad EV.
HIPERCAR In August 2017, Ariel announced the HIPERCAR (
High
Performance
Carbon
Reduction), an electric
sports car. The HIPERCAR uses
Equipmake APM200 electric motors, supplied by a
Norfolk-based
electric bus manufacturing start-up. ==See also==