THE FACE EATER // ARIEL'S ATOM ON TOP GEAR

A bit of an old clip, but following Linhbergh’s photo of Lord Vader piloting an Ariel Atom on some unknown stretch of So-Cal freeway, we figure’d it deserved a spot.

A truly menacing machine, the Ariel Atom is about as close to a streetable Formula car as you can get. Powered by a supercharged Civic Type-R motor and weighing in at 500kg (1100-lbs), the Atom lays down some 600bhp per ton and is capable of runs to sixty in 2.9 seconds. It’s no wonder Vader kept the mask on for Linhbergh’s photo shoot, look what the Atom did to Clarkson’s face.... Click here for the ‘updated version’ of Top Gear’s Ariel Atom review. Enjoy // 01.23.2009