ATOM 4 (350BHP) 2020 — FOR SALE

[Steve Gibson]

A wonderful, high specification Ariel Atom 4 but I want to use the money in it for other plans. It's garaged in South West London, immaculate and fiercely quick. Why join the waiting list?

Car
Atom 4 (350bhp)
September 2020
1200 miles
Private reg: LE55 MOR

Colours
Pearl white powder coated chassis
Painted bonnet and intake in Alfa Romeo Rosso 8c Competizione
Black wheels

Power upgrade
350bhp upgrade, decat pipe, ECU reflash

Engine, tranmission & exhaust
Three stage variable turbo boost control
Adjustable traction control and launch control
Limited slip differential
Polished silencer

Brakes
AP Racing 4-pot caliper, 290mm discs (front & rear), handbrake
Stainless steel fittings on brake and clutch lines
Black brake and clutch lines with stainless steel fittings

Dampers
Bilstein single adjustable dampers with 2-piece springs (road & track)

Suspension
Race needle roller bellcranks

Battery
Battery master cut-off switch

Seat belts
3" seat belts with alloy chest adjusters
3" seat belt pads
V-type crutch straps

Wheels & tyres
Road legal wheel and track day tyre package

Cosmetic and other stuff
Stainless steel fixings
Machined aluminium wing mirrors
Aero screen
12v auxiliary cockpit feed with USB socket
Tracker, insurance approved (active to Sep 2021)
Front towing eye kit
Waterproof TomTom Rider and wired-in mount

Post-delivery work
500 mile service at Ariel Motor Co.
Custom, enlarged aero screen (plus 60mm height) from Ariel
Paint protection film for the bonnet
Fitted, thick rubber footwell mats

£65,000


Serious enquiries only on 020 3151 3141. No dealers.

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[Corky]

Stunning. Love the white chassis. Good luck with the sale.

[John Scherrer]

What's going on?!

Alex selling, Karl sold, now Steve ...

Beautiful colour scheme Steve .. putting down a deposit on the P40?

[Steve Gibson]

I think we all have different reasons. Alex's is two little rugrats.

[hamtt]

I think whats happening is what used to be a 20-30k hobby has slowly become a 50-70k hobby and all of a sudden people are realising the difference in economics and struggling to justify having it over other things in life.

Not to mention the prices are creeping towards supercar territory which then opens up a while load of other options too.

[reg]

I think whats happening is what used to be a 20-30k hobby has slowly become a 50-70k hobby and all of a sudden people are realising the difference in economics and struggling to justify having it over other things in life.

Not to mention the prices are creeping towards supercar territory which then opens up a while load of other options too.

Not with you on that. My old 3.5 was 46K 6 years ago. Not sure what supercars are available for 50-70K, and it's a given that all of them are going to throw up big bills compared to the relatively low running costs of the Atom.

Anyway. Looks like a good car GLWS.

[hamtt]

Plenty of porsche and ferrari etc all of which are a lot more practical as the early adopters of the car 'mature'.

And that 46k would have been a higher spec model. Higher spec 4s are easily going in to 80k territory.

[Corky]

Properly spec-ed Golf R is 50k, M4 is 85-90k, Porsche GT4 is 90-100k, Caterham 620R is 60k. Unfortunately as we are getting older things seem a lot more expensive than they use too.
When Porsche released the 997 GT3 it was 80k in 2007, a spec-ed around 85k, now they are 150k spec-ed, an Supercharged Atom was around 35-40k?, now most Atom 4’s are 60-70k.
They seem a fair price.
Sorry to off topic OP.

[Steve Gibson]

If I look at my last three Atoms, well-specified for their intended use, they increased in price by roughly inflation. If you combine that increase with a longer options list, with some juicy items on it, it will naturally push an Atom 4 purchase price into £60k+. More if you add big options like the flappy paddles.

Given most new buyers want exactly the car they want, they option it heavily. Simple as that.

A perfectly good, new Atom 4 can be had for £55-£60k.

[wasp]

This car has an excellent spec and Steve really looks after his cars. He's been Atomised longer than any other owner and apart from sodding off at the occasional petrol station leaving us lost in France, he's a thoroughly nice bloke!
Joking aside, anyone considering buying a new Atom should bite his hand off, it looks fantastic in the flesh.

Cheers,
Stu

[Steve Gibson]

Apart from sodding off at the occasional petrol station leaving us lost in France, he's a thoroughly nice bloke!

I blame the Ariel wing mirrors.

[Steve Gibson]

Bumping this up, after some half-hearted interest.