New "car" to be built in Oregon.

[CanuckAmok]

The Ariel Atom.



100lbs, 145hp "ecotek" engine.

The compnay slogan is:

"No Doors. No Screen. No Roof."



http://www.arielmotor.co.uk/04/frames.htm

[anarch]

1. hmmm...100lbs. A couple people could steal it by just carrying it away

I still kinda want one, though. 145hp and no windscreen! I bet I'd die within hours of getting one of these...it looks even more dangerous than a motorcycle.

[CanuckAmok]

5. ooops! Should read "1000lbs". Too late to edit OP.

[anarch]

8. haha...I assumed it was made of some new, super-ultra-light material

or that it would crumple like an aluminum can in any sort of collision.

1000 lbs might take a few more people to carry...

[BigMcLargehuge]

2. the host took one of those around the track on Automaniacs

on The Discovery Channel... It beat a Honda CBR600 cafe bike after initially losing ground in the quarter mile. By the end of the circuit it was almost 14 seconds ahead of the bike.

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. That is a very cool looking go-kart

[bertha katzenengel]

4. No Umbrella.

Doesn't it rain a lot in Oregon? :hi:

[Arugula Latte]

6. Is Bushco corupt?

Is Ann Coulter a bitch?

Is the Earth round?

;)

[CanuckAmok]

7. More importantly, where's the cup holder?

n/t