2012 Ariel Atom 700
Merit Partners is pleased to present this awe-inspiring Ariel Atom 700, a one of one car with 700 hp. We have gotten a lot of crazy and fun cars to drive here at Merit but this car takes the prize for most extreme performance car. The short story is that if you are looking for performance per dollar spent, there is no better car in the world than this Ariel and the most amazing thing is that it is street legal. What we can say after driving the car is that it is far more drivable than one might expect with this kind of hp/weight ratio. When not putting your foot in it, the car drives just like a 911 turbo with a smooth and direct gearbox without any jerkiness associated with big performance cars like this one, that was one of the most surprising and refreshing things to us was the overall drivability of the car. All that being said, when you do begin to dip into the boost on the car, it is cartoonish fast and like nothing we have ever driven. Amazingly, it hooks up as well with the wider Toyo R888’s showing almost not wheel slip when warm.