I drove one of these last week and it is absolutely mad. You get completely pinned back in your seat and every gear shift sounds like an explosion behind you.
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Just had a passenger ride in one of these today at a "Drivers day" event, I drove the Lambo Gallardo, Ferrari F430 and Aston DB9, all great but this thing was just incredible.. only thing I can compare it to is "Rita queen of speed at Alton Towers", but faster !!
Me and my daughter where watching this clip the other day laughing at his face blowing around!! Actually saw an Atom driving through Lancaster, that's what made me think of it.....and as for Rita...if that's true it really must be a fun as it looks!!!
Awww wicked, sounds bloody amazing, and what a thrill it must be, reckon better to be driven around first time by someone who really knows how it handles, bet it was a blast, might have to look into it myself, what track was it at?
Peter Wawoczny Think you're right about the passenger ride, the pro got way more out of it than I could, think he forgot where the brake pedal was :-) The Drivers Day was by Everyman racing at Elvington airfield near York but they have quite a few venues around the UK... best to keep an eye out on Groupon etc as there's often some very good deals
Simon Kitchin That is a cracking bit of advice, I shall get onto Groupon and Wowcher today.....Think I have this summers main event event sorted out!! hehehee
That thing is just amazing. I would love to get one and just go crazy with it. The Ariel Atom V8 is just absolutely insane. Weird that they used a Honda CBR600RR instead a 1000 of some sort. I'm positive that a Honda CBR1000RR, Yamaha YZF-R1, Suzuki GSX-R1000 or Kawasaki ZX-10R would give that a run for it's money, especially if you throw a full exhaust and power commander on the bike.
This is the very first video i saw of Jeremy Clarkson, i was instantly hooked. I then watched all the previous TopGears episodes and naturally all the following ones and TGT. What a brilliant man/presenter/show. it has been a long way to 'one for the road'..
I did a few laps in this yesterday in Swansea. It was the best vehicle iv ever been in without doubt as much fun if not more as any Motorbike iv been on. Incredible handling and so much fun to throw about its insane!!
My Brother-in-law has just been on a track day event today. Of all the stupidly expensive cars he drove, I'm insanely jealous that he got to do two laps in an relatively cheap (only in supercar terms, obviously!) Ariel Atom. God, I love this car!
The lined it up against a 600cc bike cos a 1000 would beat it. Indeed, Clarkson makes a comment about a ZX10 which I suspect they tried first, and which won, cos those things are animals.
I doubt a 1000cc would do better, given how small the Top Gear track is. 1000cc bikes just aren't as nimble around a little circuit; a 600cc 2-stroke is as good as you'll get for tight corners like that. Anyway, they wouldn't need to cheat; the basic physics add up. A car can exert more downforce and corner faster because it's got much more surface area and more tire touching the road. In road cars this is all for naught because they've got a high centre of gravity, huge heavy bodywork and a lot of air resistance, but this thing follows the Formula 1 design principles, and power-for-power, those will always make something that's faster round corners than a comparable bike. But I agree that it's not as exciting. Formula 1 is the fastest thing on tarmac, and it's like watching paint dry; bikes are visually and physically exciting in a way that something you sit down in can't really be.
@@boiledelephant bike corner speed are limited no matter how good they are, a motor gp race bike can't even beat that in a corner, but overall it has better acceleration on a straight line
Is 35 middle age now??! Hell I hope not. Im not a guy. But Im almost 32. Geez...I dont wanna be considered middle aged at 353,,,,oh wait....this show is from england hahah ...im not,,,haha Im okay! yayy,,,oh ,,,very cool car by the way! . V-8 engine. Insanely brilliant.
The lap times between 250cc and 1000cc motorcycles is maybe 2 seconds and that is with someone that is an expert! So it wouldn't matter to the average knuckle dragger that could buy this car. They would never reach the potential this thing can achieve. I just want to drive one for a day and see if I could avoid giggling to myself as I pass a $500k Porsche.
I don't understand why you're getting so many thumbs down, you're completely right. Comparing a 600 to a car that's supposedly faster than a Ferrari Enzo is ridiculous. At the very least I would compare it a road-going litre bike, if not a GP bike or one of those tuned superstocks they race in WSBK.
***** lol comparing apples to oranges ? Well, no one said they were the same thing. So its being said with the intent of pointing out that one is an apple and the other is an orange. Again, a motorcycle is a lot funner and cheaper.
Pablo RagesPablo Rages a 1000cc sports bike (say BMW HP4) would ANNIHILATE the atom i picked that bike because there is a video on YT that shows this, also a rally car too, three way race ........ bike steamrolls
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Kudos to Top Gear, their comments, especially those of Richard Hammond, will lead to one of the greatest discoveries in human history, it may happen later this year.
Drove one at Rockingham raceway as well as a Ferrari 360. The Ariel won hands down on the excitement factor as well as handling. I would do it again any time!
wouldn't mind this being uploaded in HD but apart from that awesome, i watch this whenever i remember it just for clarksons face being reconstructed like playdough by the wind
I'm a American. I watched the 'American' Top Gear on the History Channel First. I just discovered the 'British' Top Gear on UA-cam. I can't stop searching for 'British' Top Gear clips...
"It's so quick it can destroy your entire face."
It is this line that has made me want an Ariel Atom since this video came out.
Jeff Richards 0-60 in 2.3 seconds weighting only 1012.542 pounds with 600hp stock..i want it
*300hp. It's 600hp/tonne, because it only weighs half a tonne
got one yet?
3:06 I'm surprised no one has mentioned how wonderfully vicious the gear change sounds..
IKR!!??
I love the whine of a supercharger.
3:08 for Jeremy's iconic Ariel Atom face
"I'm an alien..... that or I'm John Merrick" one of the greatest quotes I've heard
I don’t get it
@@joeproud6885 John merrick is the elephant man
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm an alien ... That or I'm Francesco Virgolini!!
What happens when we taste exhoost fume? K I’ll have a whiff: 3:12
Ery nice
No jeremaiah car gass bad for helf
@@yeetman2773 Shut mouth hammock
@@tippo78 kok
@@yeetman2773 shut up jams
3:06 "Mister Anderson!"
We can wipe the slate clean, give you a fresh face... I mean, start.
EVR 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Wow, that set of pixels has a great power-to-weight ratio!
No way
3:19 looks like Arnold swarzenegger
Lol
Hahahahahaha
Lol
@@joemaina8676 It has been 6 years, you don't have to reply
Shut up asshole
You're all here for 3:06
Exactly mate hehe .
v-tec + supercharger kicked in
CaptainD00M na it's VTEC
Lol !
holy shit ive finally found the video
One of the best videos Clarkson has ever made. His enthusiasm always brings a smile to my face. And the Atom - what a dream machine.
I drove one of these last week and it is absolutely mad. You get completely pinned back in your seat and every gear shift sounds like an explosion behind you.
When I was 23 I crashed my bike, broke my leg and my family made me swear never to ride a bike again. Now I'm 38 and I want one of these bad boys!
3:06 when free bird comes on
"It's so quick, it can destroy your entire face."
Cool.
3:08
POWERRRRR OF SOUND
POWERRRRR OF YOUR FEELINGS
B-but he's not DRIFTING!
My first Top Gear episode, still my favorite. Long live Clarkson, Hammond and May
I cant stop laughing at 3:07 and and at 3:29 super funny stuff
3:00. "I HAVE NEVER EVER DRIVEN ANYTHING THAT ACCELERATES SO FAST"
Lol
3:10, the most famous picture of Jeremy is made :D
MY EPIGLOTTIS IS FULL OF BEES
Um wut
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'ammond eats a canned tuna fish
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@@Dunsly Okay Karen
@@georgepeg6167 Yes
And that's the true defintiton of a facelift.
3:12 When VTEC kicks in
3:25 the sound off the dog and hare chase in snatch
Just had a passenger ride in one of these today at a "Drivers day" event, I drove the Lambo Gallardo, Ferrari F430 and Aston DB9, all great but this thing was just incredible.. only thing I can compare it to is "Rita queen of speed at Alton Towers", but faster !!
Me and my daughter where watching this clip the other day laughing at his face blowing around!! Actually saw an Atom driving through Lancaster, that's what made me think of it.....and as for Rita...if that's true it really must be a fun as it looks!!!
It's awesome Peter.. couldn't stop laughing all the way around the track, think it might be going on my Christmas list to drive one next time
Awww wicked, sounds bloody amazing, and what a thrill it must be, reckon better to be driven around first time by someone who really knows how it handles, bet it was a blast, might have to look into it myself, what track was it at?
Peter Wawoczny Think you're right about the passenger ride, the pro got way more out of it than I could, think he forgot where the brake pedal was :-) The Drivers Day was by Everyman racing at Elvington airfield near York but they have quite a few venues around the UK... best to keep an eye out on Groupon etc as there's often some very good deals
Simon Kitchin That is a cracking bit of advice, I shall get onto Groupon and Wowcher today.....Think I have this summers main event event sorted out!! hehehee
"I'm a alien" God i love the quotes of this show
that supercharger sounds so amazing
My mrs just bought me a track day in the Atom today, so happy!
3:15 It's trying to communicate, what should we do?
That thing is just amazing. I would love to get one and just go crazy with it. The Ariel Atom V8 is just absolutely insane.
Weird that they used a Honda CBR600RR instead a 1000 of some sort. I'm positive that a Honda CBR1000RR, Yamaha YZF-R1, Suzuki GSX-R1000 or Kawasaki ZX-10R would give that a run for it's money, especially if you throw a full exhaust and power commander on the bike.
I love how the HQ version linked in the description is still only 480p.
Well that was HQ when it came out.
This is the very first video i saw of Jeremy Clarkson, i was instantly hooked. I then watched all the previous TopGears episodes and naturally all the following ones and TGT. What a brilliant man/presenter/show. it has been a long way to 'one for the road'..
This video is officially ten years old today! (9.2.2017)
O_O
I AM AN ALIEN.
same
Who else thinks he looks better at high speed??
That Clarkson laugh at 4:22 is epic, sounds like he's really enjoying his job right there!!
3:26 He's turning into Smith from Matrix!
3:07 K, I’ll Have A Whiff
Ery nice
3:08 TONIGHT ON BOTTOM GEAR
I did a few laps in this yesterday in Swansea. It was the best vehicle iv ever been in without doubt as much fun if not more as any Motorbike iv been on. Incredible handling and so much fun to throw about its insane!!
3:10 K, I'll have a wiff.
Ery nice
My epiglottis is full of bees hahaha
"k I'll have a whiff"
Ery nice
My Brother-in-law has just been on a track day event today. Of all the stupidly expensive cars he drove, I'm insanely jealous that he got to do two laps in an relatively cheap (only in supercar terms, obviously!) Ariel Atom. God, I love this car!
Sneaky Clarkson! Using a 600cc bike instead of liter bike ensured the atoms victory
Actually its all about power to weight ratio... That 600 cc honda has same power to weight ratio mahnnn
In lap times, the engine displacement doesn't determine who's faster.
Tbh the rider was definitely not leaning in nearly as much as he could so thats also a factor....but still respect the hustle
600 probably faster on a short track and lighter and easier to ride
35 - 40 is middle aged? Can I get a rebate the crisis I missed?
At 2:35 Jezza doesn't put on his seatbelt.
@@waltermirren7957 Editing
The lined it up against a 600cc bike cos a 1000 would beat it. Indeed, Clarkson makes a comment about a ZX10 which I suspect they tried first, and which won, cos those things are animals.
I doubt a 1000cc would do better, given how small the Top Gear track is. 1000cc bikes just aren't as nimble around a little circuit; a 600cc 2-stroke is as good as you'll get for tight corners like that.
Anyway, they wouldn't need to cheat; the basic physics add up. A car can exert more downforce and corner faster because it's got much more surface area and more tire touching the road. In road cars this is all for naught because they've got a high centre of gravity, huge heavy bodywork and a lot of air resistance, but this thing follows the Formula 1 design principles, and power-for-power, those will always make something that's faster round corners than a comparable bike.
But I agree that it's not as exciting. Formula 1 is the fastest thing on tarmac, and it's like watching paint dry; bikes are visually and physically exciting in a way that something you sit down in can't really be.
i am sorry but you are wrong they compaired the 4cylinder atom with a 600cc bike and the v8 atom with a 1000cc bike because this way it is fair
@@boiledelephant bike corner speed are limited no matter how good they are, a motor gp race bike can't even beat that in a corner, but overall it has better acceleration on a straight line
Top gear started running today in Croatia for the first time in history in national televsion........thank you
Is 35 middle age now??! Hell I hope not. Im not a guy. But Im almost 32. Geez...I dont wanna be considered middle aged at 353,,,,oh wait....this show is from england hahah ...im not,,,haha Im okay! yayy,,,oh ,,,very cool car by the way! . V-8 engine. Insanely brilliant.
Who came here from Doug's video?
Me
K I’ll have a whiff
James, Jeremy and Richard are all kids at heart!
i use this in nfs most wanted :D
We need LUDACRIS SPEED!!!
oi let me have a wiff of the exhoost foome 3:07
It’s So Quick it could destroy your own face I am an alien 👽😂😂😂
Now compare with a more compareable-priced bike. Say, a CBR 1000 RR. Or a Ninja ZX-10.
This car was made for some one who likes both speed and yummy bugs =)
The lap times between 250cc and 1000cc motorcycles is maybe 2 seconds and that is with someone that is an expert! So it wouldn't matter to the average knuckle dragger that could buy this car. They would never reach the potential this thing can achieve.
I just want to drive one for a day and see if I could avoid giggling to myself as I pass a $500k Porsche.
You'll have luck cause thsese caost at least 20,000 quid
I don't understand why you're getting so many thumbs down, you're completely right. Comparing a 600 to a car that's supposedly faster than a Ferrari Enzo is ridiculous. At the very least I would compare it a road-going litre bike, if not a GP bike or one of those tuned superstocks they race in WSBK.
"I AM AN ALIEN!!!" "Unless I am John McCormick..."
john merrick….elephant man
When your Atom is stuck in a traffic light que and the bike pisses past. No car is as exciting as a big bike.
As Jeremy so astutely pointed out, I'll happily take your eyes after you crash. Mine are getting a bit dodgy these days. :)
***** lol comparing apples to oranges ? Well, no one said they were the same thing. So its being said with the intent of pointing out that one is an apple and the other is an orange. Again, a motorcycle is a lot funner and cheaper.
Pablo RagesPablo Rages
a 1000cc sports bike (say BMW HP4) would ANNIHILATE the atom
i picked that bike because there is a video on YT that shows this, also a rally car too,
three way race ........ bike steamrolls
Pablo Rages
how often do you race around corners ?
Pablo Rages
How often are you driving on race tracks ?. Is that part of your daily commute ?
I remember the day this video came out ,,feels like yesterday , thought what a machine at that time
God I love the British humour!! These guys are so funny!
This is the most magnificent piece of television I've ever, ever seen.
How George Russell felt when he jumps in the Mercedes W11 🤣🤣🤣
Victim #1. Eyeballs were unable to be found. The victim was found lying on the carpet. Causes of death unknown, handmarks with unidentifiable fingerprints were found all over the corpse.
I still want to believe this is real lol
Ery noice - the killer
Kudos to Top Gear, their comments, especially those of Richard Hammond, will lead to one of the greatest discoveries in human history, it may happen later this year.
Been out today in mates its nuts....
The speed is indescribable...... and I had the biggest rush
I only watched half of this video and I already can tell this is way better then American Top Gear.
"How it feels to chew five gum."
This is 1080p quality back in 2006
When i was younger i thought this was schwarzzeneger at 3:10
just bought one, goes amazing. i recommend it to any first time car buyers in nairobi
Drove one at Rockingham raceway as well as a Ferrari 360. The Ariel won hands down on the excitement factor as well as handling. I would do it again any time!
3:00 - 3:15 The best 15 seconds of any car review, from any country, ever.
I love the sound of that supercharger when he down shifts at 3:06. and to think i am on $60,000 from being able to buy a new one...
wouldn't mind this being uploaded in HD but apart from that awesome, i watch this whenever i remember it just for clarksons face being reconstructed like playdough by the wind
It was
3:12 K, I'll have a whiff.
good thing most wanted has this car in the game and its the best of the best
The song is "Disco Science" by Mirwais if anyone is interested
I just love old Top Gear episodes!
3:10 The moment I know you were all waiting for
3:11 THE POWER OF SOUND
I watched this video 8 times and still want to watch it more
WE FINALLY GET THIS TOP GEAR IN AMERICA HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!
I drove this yesterday and HOLY CRAP its so quick... defiantly beats any car I've driven!
I love tol gear because they do a bunch of funny stuff like making a boat or a train out of a car along with the usual stuff:)
does anyone laugh when jeremy goes psycho when he steps in a car. "ITS JUST UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!"
4:22 the most epic laugh ever.
I'm a American.
I watched the 'American' Top Gear on the History Channel First.
I just discovered the 'British' Top Gear on UA-cam.
I can't stop searching for 'British' Top Gear clips...
Even 5 years later this video still holds true: there is NOTHING like an Atom!
Just come back from a race day and ive been in one of these and i nearly pooped my pants bloody awsome times!!!!!!!!!
4:22 Love the laugh!
Jeremy Clarkson: One of the most beautiful cars has ever made
Doug DeMuro: it doesn’t have any styling (5/10)
"I am an alien!" LOL
Mirwais - disco science. Epic song for an epic car.
3:06 - 3:15 ---> The most beautiful car sound i've ever heard
Until now... watch?v=vGBsJEOMOzs
Drew McGrady
No, I think I still prefer the Atom. That Lambo sounds pretty nice, though, but it just doesn't have the shear brutality of the Atom.
Classic. "The wind ...in your helmet!"
"Welcome to bottom gear" 3:06