Ariel Atom V8 to cost £120k

suman wrote:

kdwilcox wrote:

The M600,i could live with the price tag,just,but the Ariel Atom,this has

to be a joke.

I don't care what the performance is,this is stupid,very stupid!!!!

Since Ariel are only planning to make 25 of these cars, and 19 have already been sold, I would say it's not stupid at all, but incredibly clever of Ariel. It's fine if you don't think the car is worth the money - you don't have to buy it, but are you really upset that someone else (19 someone elses so far) have decided that they can afford it and do want it? I don't want to be told that I'm not allowed to spend my money on whatever I want if it's not hurting anyone else. Maybe some of the purchasers of this car won't have the necessary car control to handle it at its limits, but that really doesn't matter so long as no one drives such a car at its limit on the public road. Driving almost any current car (G-Wiz possibly excepted) at its limit on the UK roads is reckless and incredibly dangerous. I suspect though, that those who can afford to buy such a car will treat it as just another toy to be played with until they are bored with it, though that's not a criticism.

Couldn't agree more. Almost any modern car really can't be driven safely on the road at it's limits, so really if someone is going to buy anything with over 250 Bhp surely they shouldn't have to prove that they can "handle" it? £120K, sounds like a lot regardless but if you've got that sort of disposable income it's more about exclusivity on the track days you do rather than performance per buck. 25 being built? That's a pretty exclusive club.