Talk:Ariel Atom

message: Is this car street legal?
: Legal in UK. Not sure about other countries. Shawnc 00:12, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Legal in New Zealand with the road pack. Shawnc 00:23, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

text: May be legal in some US states: "Although not street legal, the Atom is available as a kit. That makes it eligible for registration and street driving in some states. Reports have suggested that several (including the model Leno ordered) have already been registered with the notoriously thorny California DMV." Shawnc 00:36, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Street legal?

message: I know that it is stret legal in Oregon, the ashland oregon plant that builds them makes them legal for oregon, and in a way, legal for most states because oregon is rather strict in what is allowed for vehicles.
Does anyone have enough information for a wikipedia car infobox to be added to this article? 84.65.86.111 19:13, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikibofh(talk) 23:10, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Info Box 

message: This article is one of thousands on Wikipedia that have a link to YouTube in it.  Based on the External links policy, most of these should probably be removed.  I'm putting this message here, on this talk page, to request the regular editors take a look at the link and make sure it doesn't violate policy.  In short: 1. 99% of the time YouTube should not be used as a source. 2. We must not link to material that violates someones copyright. If you are not sure if the link on this article should be removed or you would like to help spread this message contact us on this page. Thanks, ---J.S (t|c) 06:22, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  YouTube links 

message: Information about the Ariel Atom and Ariel Atom 2, etc. --70.111.218.254 18:09, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Versions 

message: I remember watching Jay Leno talking about the small block Chevy engine for ariel atom. but I don't know why they bother. why not just use the original honda engine? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 206.116.227.144 (talk) 02:32, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does anyone know why in US they use a different engine? 

message: There seems to be some confusion over the weight of the vehicle. In the article there is a difference between the specification weight of 600 kg and curb weight of 456 kg. Road & Track lists 1349 kg (~615 kg) for the North American Atom with the supercharged GM engine.
I weighed an Ariel Atom (North American version, Honda engine, normally aspirated) at 1305 lbs (~593 kg) on accurate corner weight scales. Sorry, but I did not make any record of the fuel load at the time, so the actual curb weight was higher than 1305 lbs, and certainly well above 456 kg. Part of the problem is the number of combinations of Atoms (market, engine, supercharger).
71.106.229.182 05:47, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Curb Weight 

message: Does anyone know where you can buy an Atom in the USA for $35,000? When they first came out I remember seeing prices like this, but a quick visit to their site shows prices in the $70,000+++ range.
Check currency.  £35k is often quoted for a top of the range UK one.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.115.87.57 (talk) 22:10, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: £35k is about (or was at one time) $70,000  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.119.2.126 (talk) 00:00, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  $35,000 Where??? 

message: Does someone want to add a section for the upcoming Ariel Atom 500?
http://www.motivemag.com/pub/news/Power_to_the_People_Ariel_Announced_500-horsepower_V8_Atom.shtml JCDenton2052 (talk) 18:04, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ariel Atom 500 

message: There seems to be a little too much plugs for the Wrightspeed X1, which is just an Atom with an electric motor, not a completely new vehicle.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.182.124.2 (talk) 22:51, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ads 

message: The second paragraph seems to summarize the meaning of "exoskeletal" as "the chassis is the body," but I think this is a very poor explanation of the concept, as this applies just as much to any car with monocoque or unibody construction, which is to say, nearly all of them. I'm still at a loss for what should go here, but I just wanted to point out this error. ce1984 (talk) 00:03, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair point. I've changed it to "the chassis is prominently visible from the outside". Anyone have a better succinct definition?Dino246 (talk) 04:29, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Exoskeletal construction 

message: I think this article should be written using SI units (that is km/h instead of mph, etc.).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.77.104.50 (talk) 17:04, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Units 

message: Length, width and height should be written down in millimetres and not metres. It's standard to use millimetres because it means its a whole number (I image who ever filled out the box got the figures in mm). I don't know how to change it as its been done with some kind of code.(90.216.95.92 (talk) 02:15, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Length, Width, Height units. 

message: I've just removed the following text from the article as I don't understand quite what it is trying to say
:"Also in Japan on the 15th of January the Atoms new old brother hit 326mph. Also its still road legal and experts say that they do not think that 326 is not the atoms faster speed as they think it can go a lot lot faster."
If someone can make sense of it and rewrite it (ideally with a citation) then I've no objection to it being in the article. Thryduulf (talk) 21:24, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds like utter nonsense to me -- if a production car had hit 326 mph it would be all over the motoring press... – ukexpat (talk) 19:01, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "new old brother"? 

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