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1999 Ariel Atom

1999 Ariel Atom in Car Years, Non-fiction TV, 2000 IMDB Ep. 3

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin: UK

1999 Ariel Atom

[*][*][*] Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Comments about this vehicle

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bent8rover UK

2007-05-09 00:22

I don't know how to class this one, as it has no roof so can't really be listed as a convertible.

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antp BE

2007-05-09 00:27

Race car? Or with the quads, as it is more like a bike with 4 wheels...

Star Wars Fanatic EN

2007-05-09 00:34

Well, it seems that others are being listed as convertible.

bent8rover UK

2007-05-09 00:58

antp wrote Race car? Or with the quads, as it is more like a bike with 4 wheels...


It is a genuine typed-approved road car.

antp BE

2007-05-09 18:18

Yes but in UK you can put anything on road, so that does not count :p

dudley UK

2007-05-09 18:24

It's a spyder

bent8rover UK

2007-05-09 21:57

antp wrote Yes but in UK you can put anything on road, so that does not count :p


:D yeah, I know what you mean. But not as a new car though, it's strict enough to make many smaller companies stick to selling just kit car designs for existing doner cars. The expense and rules to abide by to get type-approval for pan-European sales is the same for all EU countries, I would have thought.

bent8rover UK

2007-05-09 22:02

dudley wrote It's a spyder


we could add this to the list of vehicle types, yes, but a 'spyder' defines a vehicle to still have a rudimentary convertible top without side fabric - so would remain a 'convertible' in modern parlance?

dudley UK

2007-05-09 22:28

bent8rover wrote

we could add this to the list of vehicle types, yes, but a 'spyder' defines a vehicle to still have a rudimentary convertible top without side fabric - so would remain a 'convertible' in modern parlance?


It's described as a 'unique' vehicle on the Ariel Atom site. The Renault Sport Spider (described as a good example of a roadster on Wikipedia) is the nearest vehicle I can find - no windscreen as standard, helmet required. It's listed incorrectly on this site as a convertible too.

What about 'pure roadster': that's how the equally open Smart ForTwo Crossblade is described on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Fortwo#Crossblade



bent8rover UK

2007-05-10 00:27

yeah, ok, so maybe spyder/roadster would fit as new vehicle type? Antoine what do you think?

antp BE

2007-05-10 00:31

Is it useful to separate roadsters and convertibles? At first we had a separate class for coupé/convertible (206 CC, SLK, etc.) and a class for Targa, and both were merged with convertible as being too close. I think it is somewhat the same for roadster... Maybe it is better to just rename the category to "convertible/roadster" ?

bent8rover UK

2007-05-10 23:46

yes that would be best, as it covers the issue without extra work :)

supercarmad EN

2010-04-01 17:36

This spec is the orginnal atom 1 which ran i believe from 2000 to 2003

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