Compared to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaWoo82zNUA

 

I wonder if I'll get a 'leather romper suit' for Christmas to show off my gut?! . . . . maybe a leather romper suit for the wife?!?!

I'd love to drive an Atom!!

 

I wouldn't own one instead of my GT500, but, would love to have a go in one.

 

I think it needs a V8, a 3v mod motor would work well (Course it'd have move up from atom to molecule)!

 

I'd love to drive one of those, very cool!

 

I think... you best get your wife a VERY NICE Christmas gift.

 

Former race car driver Eddie Hills lives in the small town of Wichita Falls where I lived until last week, and at our local auto shop he showed up in his Aerial Atom the other day and that thing is cool. He was doing doughnuts and all kinds of crazy stuff. They sound absolutely annoying though. They are super cool looking though and man do they go.

 

I don't have either but my friend has one of the first two sold here in CA. Yeah they're fast, because of the power to weight ratio, and they are like a slot car in the twisties... but IMO it's just a street legal race car and you can't even compare the two. Basically a frame + engine vs. Any Mustang does not work. It's like the Top Gear stock Mustang vs. the Lotus Exige they just did. We have raw power but ya can't compete.

It'd be fun but for 1/2 the price (I've got a GT not a GT500) I have a roof, doors, AC, heater, radio..... you get the picture and I don't do too bad against him. For the price that he paid, around 65K.... I'd rather have a GT + some mods or a GT500 (despite what some thing of Shelby).

Oh and how they sound under power... give me any v8 Mustang over that thing.

he has vids as mrwoolery on the toob
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5oFZ-13Xik I think this is the one is with a small lipstick camera.

Off topic...
Eddie and Ercie Hill were some of the nicest people I ever got to meet at the Drags. If there was anyone I'd really love to see race again it would be Eddie Hill.

 

Looks like a go-cart on steroids.

I'd rather have a Unique Motorcars 289 FIA Cobra instead.

 

I checked into the Atoms. They are not street-legal in the US when purchased as a complete car, but they can squeeze in through a loop-hole if you buy a "component" car and go through the procedure to license it like a kit car. The good news is that it comes mostly put-together (unlike a kit car) and only takes 8-10 hours to complete it. Not like there's much there anyway. Also unlike a kit car, they actually charge you MORE ($500) to ship it unassembled! Also the prices quoted in that video must be out of date. The average car will run you over $70k, not $45k, and slightly used ones go between 60k and 98k, depending on engine and options. I was almost ready to give up my dream of building a Cobra replica when I saw that, but I could build a big-block Cobra and at least sound cool for less than that little Atom. Gotta admit is sounds like fun, though, huh?

Oh, AMEN on the 289 FIA!!