Well spotted mate - obviously giving her a real buzz around the buttocks & just creaming with the power

Steve someone watched the inbetweeners

*suit... not seat

pretty sure she said seat

Gross

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@@pierrelamboray2984 😂

The Atom looks too “Thunderbirds” and apparently that rear wing is mainly for show.

Khazar01 same😂 itd be so cool

me too! because why not? people daily drive sport bikes, and this cars have a lot more comfort-practicality)))))

For the price, it'd have to be. lol

no they wouldn’t. ......you’d be lost the moment u couldnt connect your phone.....or got wet.

Two months later, your back is shot, you’ve got piles....

David Hayes orrr shes just not a very good driver?

She used to be a racing instructor, so I'd assume she is a pretty fuqing competent driver lol

50 hp is not that much of a diffet in a track

@@ulisesavila2879 Yes if one had 1000 HP and the other 950 but this is around the 300 mark so it is pretty significant. They say every 10 lbs = 1 HP, so that's like the Catterham has a 400 lb extra weight. That means the Catterham must handle much better ( with the settings they were using) to keep pace. That was illustrated in the overlay.

Revoe Lucion No, that's Vicki. She isn't afraid to express how a car's dynamics excite her.

pretty sure she's talking about urine not saying that she's wet

@@CaptJofaz apt name

@@CaptJofaz no shes wet

Kalimerakis this is the magic of decades of refinment, also the engine chassy, suspension are on par with the ariel, the main difference between the two is the engine placement, carzy anc cool cars tho.

i agree but the caterham is a lot more aesthetic and I assume more predictable to drive with the engine in the front oh and sequential gearbox! would be a no-brainer for me

+Kalimerakis you would assume wrong - the MR layout is used in just about every supercar and open-wheel formula for a reason, the same reason it is used in the Atom. The weight distribution is much better leading to better balance, more grip and more controllable oversteer.

Mijc Osis You are partly correct. There are countless FR-cars that have a perferct 50:50 weight distribution (like the caterham in this video) so it doesn't really affect the grip. The bonus of the MR-layout is that the mass is closer to the center of the car, which makes it turn easier around its vertical axis. That makes for a more agile but harder to control chassis. Its the ice-dancer-thing: arms out-spins slow, arms in-spins fast. Racecars aren't about beeing controllable, they are about beeing fast.

Kalimerakis actually they are FMR, the engine is midships not hanging out the front, but that is also static rather than dynamic balance. The front engine loads up the front wheels under even light deceleration leading to understeer. Your later assertion is ridiculous - controllable IS fast, unless you are driving a ridiculous daytona ring circuit or a salt flat top speed run to which neither of these vehicles are suited. Both these cars are designed for agility, and the MR layout provides better agility and better mid corner speed.

+woodtvnetwork try again, fifth gear is original top gear

Fifth Gear was always better! Mr. Needell really makes the show for me. It's too bad the show has been shuffled around like a hot potato. Top Gear sucks, I have never made it through a whole episode.

☣droid☣ top gear is the shit. 5th gear wishes it can be as good as top gear. Too bad the people that make up top gear isn't top gear anymore. Anyway it's the trio that makes the show not the name.

Why does a show need him in it? It's about the cars, not the nobbers.

+Coolrockndad It's 50.000 GBP for a very small amount of car. At least you get your money's worth in the Ariel.

+mattorama At least you can say you own a car when you have a Caterham. ;-)

+Coolrockndad People who own cars with roofs might disagree.

+mattorama Indeed they might but for sure the Caterham is closer to being a street car then the Adam is.

+Coolrockndad But I will buy the fully loaded Atom 3S and 3.5R FOREVER!

+rubbers3 given it is computer timed there is no margin of error, not in the accuracy we are given. And the atom isnt trying, it is just designed without compromise, 50 years after the caterham (lotus seven) was made for the same purpose.

Mijc Osis Dude, I wasn't talking about the way to mesure time, I was talking about driving. For it to be acurate there should be a lot (and I mean A LOT) of laps to compensate for possible mistakes made while driving. Plus - even computers can make mistakes. And physics has it's limitations as well. Oh, and the "no compromises thing" does not matter to me. Caterham still looks beautiful, and atom looks like a poser.

rubbers3 so if its just about looks - why buy a track car - there are better looking cars than either, For that matter - why not just buy a sculpture and whack it on a lorry?

Mijc Osis Soooo, you are one of those people. I'm wasting my time trying to explain this to you, but I'll do my best - If I want the ultimate trackday car, then I'd get something that's ultimate track only car. If I want anything else, then the way it looks is something that looks good to me, as it makes the car more enjoyable. What's the point of having a car that you don't enjoy cause it's ugly? AAAANND. Whether or not one things a car looks good or bad is PERSONAL PREFERENCE. There is no way of measuring it. So... Fuck off. (edit - typo)

rubbers3 *fuck OFF you are arguing that a road legal track car looks UNNECESSARY?? dude - for fucks sake. you are welcome to your opinion - but dont have a hissy fit if it doesn't make any fucking sense. You buy a track car to go fast and for it to handle well, the atom is just better at it, it is a 21s century design vs a 1950s design. If it isnt about pure speed then get something prettier if you just want to drive something beautiful - my example was an extreme but an e30 is better looking in the same way and a whole lot more comfortable too, there are a million choices outside a pure track car that costs a bomb and doesnt look as good for it. It would be like buying an aston purely for the track - just is a strange thing to do, it is a grand tourer. I understand what you mean about beauty, but thats not what either are for. Or to put it another way (apropos of your post) you are a fuckwit

Best buy do Bugatti's

Obviously better drivers than a TV presenter.

Starbar Rothschild idk ive seen different ones saying no. Is either like 50s as u say and then another one on the same site saying its 1m7s so there might be

You dumb? You don't want to hit the apex on a greasy track. You take the wet line as there is more grip.

I'm guessing that you dont know much about racing lines

That shows better realism.

Ariel Atom 500 V8 fastest 0-100 kmp that 500 mean 500 HP

Vaibhav Vohra english?

Yup

JayEvoX Aquino wow. We are soo proud of you

yes but it give it more down force, allowing for more aggressive driving...

+Logan Shealy what's downforce worth if it doesn't bring cornering speed?

It was dryer when she drove the Caterham, it also had better tyres for a track.

But IMHO the Atom IS the BEST CHOICE AND SOUNDS THE BEST!

A duratec simply doesnt sound better than a K20 Vtec engine, come on now :D

Dumy Jobby believe in yourself.

Try driving one first. Well done, light cars such as these are easier to drive than heavier, taller cars. Because they're light, they do everything with much less effort and better, more direct feel.

+Newton Washinton exactly, someone who brake with the left foot at least ¬¬

yeah, with a sequential, should be using left foot to brake

She sounded like her arms were getting tired. That would make up the lap time and make the Caterham faster right?

Glad I wasn't the only one who noticed that. No idea how she wasn't pushing two peddles at the same time!

But people seem to prefer a bit more weight on the rear which makes the car trailbraking better, but personally I’ve only driven mid engines on sim and they handle much better except if you like drifting it seems harder and it’s explained by theory

***** Why?

Martin Nikolov Atom is a car you really need to master to push because of the rear weight bias. With the front engine caterham the front end digs in more as you turn.

Martin Nikolov I just love the look of them, and they're fast enough for me anyway :) I just love that style. I don't think the Ariel is a bad car in any way, only the look of the Caterham is just my taste, and for such a car, that matters a lot to me. Just like if I were to buy a supercar, I would almost always choose the Noble M600 due to it being all manual, pretty much, and having the looks and sound it has, others might be better, but that just hits the spot for me.

I completely agree with you, caterham 7 is a style from the 60's, but the power of the 21st century. Based on the video, caterham would be much faster if the power is the same as the Ariel atom, but it would be a lot more difficult to drive, so it's less powerful but easier. If you ask me, I'd choose a BAC Mono even if it twice the price of those 2 cars

DOGEY DOGE The BAC is very beautiful as well, but I prefer the Caterham's style.

The V8 is a limited run without an aftermarket engine.

+Diep Trien no, because there are six gears :D

+Darkstar Productions ye

It is Vicky after all.

ha?

What moulds do they use then for the Caterham 7. The chassis are made out out tubular steel and in Jigs. The Caterham chassis is a lot different i.e. triangulation a lot stiffer than the old Lotus 7 chassis. I do know as I used to own a K series R500 and my friend owned a classic S3 Lotus 7. Totally different cars but looking the same. Back to the cars I'd say the Caterham was the better car and will hold its value better than the atom come re-sale time.

Victoria Bailey I don't agree that the Atom will fare worse than the Caterham. Atoms are rare and the potential second-hand buyers market is huge.

If you think there hasn't been a whole lot of r&d with the 7, then you'd be quite wrong. The car has had a change from a live rear axle to independent suspension, resized chassis, aero tweaks, and Caterham was working on a car that used custom butted tubing to save weight and stiffen the chassis. Its pretty much the ship of Theseus at this point.

They're both great machines.