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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.47,0:00:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to talk about middle aged man, you are thirty five, maybe forty you got a little bit of spare cash
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.13,0:00:13.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the bank and you want to buy yourself a big powerful sports bike, coz you weren't allowed to have one when you were 17 and your mom and dad said no.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.84,0:00:15.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No there are gonna be a few problems with that.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.28,0:00:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what you have in mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.85,0:00:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The open road, tearing through the country side the wind in your helmet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.94,0:00:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You and the machine perfect harmony. It is an appealing concept.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.01,0:00:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reality however is somewhat different.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.13,0:00:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, lets be honest, you are middle aged.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.68,0:00:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you'll have a bit of a gut, and that will look ridiculous
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.75,0:00:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in leather motor suit. Whats more you are almost certainly going to
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.46,0:00:50.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,crash. So someone, who you perhaps don't like very much,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.53,0:00:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will end up with your eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.54,0:00:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't worry though, because I think I have a solution.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.97,0:01:04.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the Atom. From a small summer set company called Arial.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.37,0:01:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I say small -- it only has 7 employees.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.21,0:01:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What they've created though is stunning.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.05,0:01:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think this is one of the most beautiful cars in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.98,0:01:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Partly because it is so elegant, and partly because it is such a
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.41,0:01:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wonderful piece of engineering.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.34,0:01:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Using the chassis as a kind of exoskeleton is just inspired.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.46,0:01:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prices start at under 20 thousand pounds, and for that you get
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.67,0:01:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,indicators, lights a tax disk and ... that about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.17,0:01:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only you don't have a windscreen, there isn't even any bodywork.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.58,0:01:49.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are really very few components, and the lovely thing is
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.55,0:01:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that as you drive along you can see them all doing their jobs.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.94,0:01:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look! There's the steering, and there's the suspension - it brilliant!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.63,0:02:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now at this point you are probably thinking the Atom is a bit
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.42,0:02:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a laugh, a bit of a gadget, a bit of a toy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.30,0:02:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you'd be wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.60,0:02:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.52,0:02:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, the engine is lifted from a Honda Civic type R.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.14,0:02:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And only for that little extra something, its supercharged.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.72,0:02:21.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it develops 300 bhp.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.69,0:02:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because the Atom weighs only 500 kg, this means
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.89,0:02:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are getting 600 bhp per ton.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.89,0:02:32.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And thats more than you get from a Ferrari Enzo.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.65,0:02:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, stick that in your sport's exhaust, Mr Kavadzaki.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.54,0:02:47.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This car goes like nothing you could possibly imagine.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.09,0:02:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you can change gear fast enough it can do nod to 60 in 2.9 s.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.01,0:03:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Atom is fast, on an entirely new level.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.32,0:03:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have never ever driven anything that accelerates so fast.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.06,0:03:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its so quick, it can destroy your entire face.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.89,0:03:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its unbelievable speed!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.96,0:03:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am an alien.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.09,0:03:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the corners its stopped bending my face and used
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.08,0:03:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,massive g-forces to tear it off.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.14,0:03:53.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The amazing thing is that you never ever miss an ? pad.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.18,0:03:57.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you can see where's the wheel ends road.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.59,0:04:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because there is no weight to pull you out of the line.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.14,0:04:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You hit every one, every single time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.69,0:04:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If anything, this car is even more impressive in the bends
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.56,0:04:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than it is in a straight line.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.26,0:04:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyone who wants to know how a car should behave should buy one of these.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.18,0:04:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is driving nirvana.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.10,0:04:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can forget anything you've ever driven
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.04,0:04:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything, there is no car, nothing on four wheels that is as fast as this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.50,0:04:39.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.57,0:04:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what about 2 wheels? Is it possible that the atom could be faster
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.89,0:04:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,round our track than a motor bike?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.46,0:04:54.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well to find out we've lined it up against the Honda CVR 600RR.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.29,0:04:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Off the line the bike is a tiny little bit faster.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.00,0:05:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But on the braking for the first corner, the Atom slipped past
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.32,0:05:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then it really was a case of good bye Mr. Bond.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.83,0:05:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through the bend the bike never stood a chance. And even down the long straight line
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.49,0:05:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mies an hour, it could keep up. By the time we crossed the line the gap had widened
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.06,0:05:28.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a massive 4 seconds.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.33,0:05:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the years I've flown F15 fighters and done power slides in airboats and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.02,0:05:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starved the desert from helicopter gunship.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.11,0:05:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the shire excitement this thing is off the scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.70,0:05:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even so it will be those, who would say that no car,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.84,0:05:48.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter how fast it is can ever be as exciting as a big bike.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.81,0:05:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,O, please. I don't have to wear a helmet in here!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.78,0:05:57.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means my every ? is full of bees.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.17,0:06:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there is so much wild life in my hair. You can ?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.02,0:06:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what is more. This is the engine intake in there. Its sucking
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.71,0:06:14.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I can feel it - its a pressure in my ear.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.49,0:06:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It feels that my brain is being sucked out.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.64,0:06:23.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not as exciting as a bike?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.41,0:06:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, right!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.05,0:06:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.09,0:06:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was so ready to disagree.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.62,0:06:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think in a normal life I would say rubbish, but I think
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.22,0:06:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are probably righ!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.34,0:06:42.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- No it is better than a bike in so many ways: sitting here and
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.31,0:06:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its not falling over, its faster than a bike - you just saw that, its practical
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.26,0:06:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than a bike, because it has a boot.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.62,0:06:50.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Well, I got that, you have to be kidding.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.39,0:06:53.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are going well but it hasn't got a boot.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.27,0:06:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.10,0:06:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Check it out!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.22,0:06:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a boot!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.44,0:07:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But seriously, you did get a big ? over there.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.70,0:07:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You said, "Oh this is the fasted thing on 4 wheels." But its not.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.97,0:07:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are track day cars that are quicker than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.36,0:07:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, I don't think this is a track day car.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.08,0:07:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't, because I had this on the road and you can use it on the road,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.50,0:07:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the test that we have for our powerboard,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.01,0:07:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because only road cars can go on this, is weather they can
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.24,0:07:17.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go over a speed bump. Weather you can use them.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.51,0:07:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this can. Well Its definitely a road car.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.83,0:07:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it can go on our board, which means.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.18,0:07:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We gotta give it to the Stig!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.24,0:07:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And away he goes!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.42,0:07:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like a rocket!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.79,0:07:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God that is so quick!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.14,0:07:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now he comes up to the first bend:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.58,0:07:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no roll, totally flat, through there.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.92,0:07:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The supercharger whining there as he ? out.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.01,0:07:45.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh no, no music for him to listen to, because the Atom doesn't have a stereo.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.65,0:07:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Down to chicago
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.14,0:07:51.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at that! No understeer, no oversteer, no car has ever been that neutral
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.41,0:07:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through there.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.16,0:07:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the real test - the hammer head.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.17,0:07:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is running very wide.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.91,0:08:06.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through the followthrough. Will he live.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.41,0:08:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No doesn't sound like. That's how much confidence this chassis give you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.40,0:08:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right down to the pedal to a bend, ok.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.94,0:08:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, locking the left front wheel, underbraking,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.63,0:08:18.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Comming up to gambon.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.53,0:08:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Power on there, a little bit of a wiggle, and he is across the line.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.34,0:08:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where do you think it came?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.06,0:08:24.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- It was fast!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.90,0:08:25.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.59,0:08:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would think certainly 1:25 here
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.84,0:08:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I would say up here.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.47,0:08:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say also
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.81,0:08:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come on tell us, tell us!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.99,0:08:42.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its going up, its going up!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.68,0:08:54.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its going there!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.01,0:08:58.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,half a million pound car, twenty nine thousand pound car.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.05,0:09:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only think I would just say is obviously if you are
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.24,0:09:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thinking of buying one, I suspect you probably are,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.98,0:09:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they do an optional big brake pack.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.44,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go for that or you won't be here for the spring.