Yep, the time for action is definitely now and if you're an Atom fan based in Australia, we've got a plan and we want you to be involved.
Now everyone's best friend, Jeremy Clarkson, had a chance to take the Ariel Atom out for a spin a LONG TIME AGO and being that Australia is obviously the last country to get lots of good stuff (iphone anyone?) you'd have to expect that getting the Atom to Australia is a low priority to everyone living outside Australia, but that's obviously not the case for you (and us). This desire has been simmering since 2005 (yep, that's a long time to see no results) and we just can't contain it anymore so it's time to do something about it!
Short of being rude, we're doing all we can to get further information regarding the Atom, the possibility of getting it to Australia and on the roads, because like you, we just can't keep waiting, so here's what we're planning to:
To support our plans, we want EVERY SINGLE VISITOR TO THIS SITE to add a comment to this post to show your support for getting the Atom to Australia. Getting a good idea of how much demand there actually is in Australia will hopefully show that we're serious about getting the Atom here. So post a comment, tell us how badly you want it and that WE DESERVE TO SEE THE ATOM IN AUSTRALIA!
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
The Ariel Atom in Australia? Tell me about it!
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 324 of 324I'm very interested!!!
I want two. One for myself and one for my mistress...
Actually, I want both for myself! One black and one chrome.
sell some here its down right frustrating
Hey guys, Just to let you all know i have build one here in brisbane, out of a old VW 73 beetle then bolted the exoskeleton to the top of the VW only took 3 month to build put a few saftey impovments on it o and i put a 20b rotary in it with standard gearbox that i will be upgrading. engineer has approved everything just waiting on Queensland transport, from what i have seen in approvels on the real atom it will never be done here in australia because of ADR and saftey standards.
Any way good luck with everything :email walkertec@msn.com
Awesome vehicle & cheaper on fuel than most.
Being a member of a sporting car club I'd get one just to do events.
I was holding out for an Atom for quite a while, but instead ended up getting an Audi.
Would DEFINITELY consider a swap if these become available!
+1 on the WANT list!
YES PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!! Keep it at the right price and you will sell thousands
i want one been waiting nz can get them all we have to do is adopt them as a state, but ive been looking a building a kit the real thing is taking so long
I will be buying one the DAY it becomes road legal, i keep the money to the side for when its released.
i want an atom!!
IF YOU CAN BUY AN ELFIN MS8 WHY CANT WE GET THE ATOM IN AUS....
THIS CAR IS INSANE...I WANT ONE
Just saw one couple days ago in Sydney ON ROAD!!!!! Great looking car, can't say the same for the driver though.
I can't believe that it's taken so long to get them ADR approved. I've just built a GT40 replica from the ground up with no experience at all in less than 12 months and its' road legal. I reckon I could get an Atom through compliance in about a month.
Get you fingers out!!
i will own one of these one day but i would love to be able to drive it on the road. in stead of having to own a car trailor to take it to a meet.
maybe someone should push for a dealership. i can only imagine all the neck injuries sustained buy people as you cruise past
=)
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease give us the Atom and let us drive it on the public roads.
godamn i want one
Unfortunatley for me I'm just about to turn 24 so I doubt that I will have the funds to buy an Atom any time soon :( However, from the very first moment i saw the Atom on Top Gear I knew that I had to have one. You guys should also think about seting up a petition that you can send to the government. I hope that i can buy an atom when I'm 32 and filthy rich.
I want an Atom, Seen it on Top Gear. WIll be awesome and unique in Australia. Please give us details as soon as you know it will be available :)
Good car, good price.
Please, we need to bring these into the country. Hell, lets build up a one make Atom racing series whilst we're at it!
Yes, one for me, please. Is there any timetable when they are going to be street legal here?
Definately interested (and capable) in the Ariel Atom...you can count a sale here as soon as it's legalised.
Want it now!! Updates anyone?
For crying out loud.... It's been long enough. Hurry up and get the thing here. Don't you want our money?
Motoring in its purest form... Amazing. We have to have this in Australia
If I can afford it! I'll buy it!!
Who wouldn't??
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE BRING THE ARIEL ATOM TO AUSTRALIA!!!
bring em in!!
OK lets cut the crap! We want the Atom now!! I drove one in Dubai last year and I have lusted after one ever since. Get Atomised today. You only live once!
We need this car. 'nuff said.
yes please
WOW we are stilllll waiting for it in Australia... I would Swap my Historic F2 for one as soon as they get them on the raods here!
I want an affordable version of the Ariel Atom...if it was 25,000 grand I would buy two...and so would all my friends...
Out of all the cars on the road today the atom in my books would have to be number one ... But in a way im glad we dont have them down under because i know that it would take less than 2.4 sec for me to loose my licence and it would be a shame to have this beast locked up in my shed .....Sorry guys im no hoon but im sure some thing would click inside of me sitting behind the wheel
i'll sell both my ducati 848 and wrx to buy one. problem is they will be way over priced here in oz like everything else. look at the price of the skyine here compared to the usa. our dollar is almost equal but the car costs almost double.
i want one more than i want sex
cant wait til this thing hits our shores. cya later s2000 and hello sir atom.
i would buy one today. if i could... =(
I realised the Atom is a bit hard to get into Aus so I'm building a replica. Main frame is nearly complete. Now working on suspension etc. 2lt Honda will be going up back. I will be selling the first one. If anyones interested they can email me treborl@tpg.com.au. Thanks, Rob
The Atom 3 now has a windscreen. Wat else do they want?? Bubble rap??? The government needs to approve this ASAP or everyone is gonna miss out on a huge thing.
I'll have to just import one and drive it on vehicle movement permits if there's no joy doing it proper.....
It's been years now. Where is it??
love this thing. Don't understand why there should be trouble getting these things street legal when motorbikes are street legal. on a bike, You are out there exposed, instead of strapped to a seat in an atom. You are on two wheels instead of four, which makes you more vulnerable to going out of control when you hit a bump or irregularity in the street or travel on loose sand or gravel. bikes have less mass than an atom….there is no way you can win in a bike if you are struck by a car. And lastly, in a bike you are less visible than an atom; you are hard to see. What's wrong with road rules?!
count me in - get them to Australia and I'll buy one!
Australia Sucks when it comes to this kind of thing!! I want to buy one now!!
ATOM ATOM ATOM, Not since they discovered how to split one has anyone been so excited about how someone has put one back together.
I want want want one.
This is Top of the christmas gift list Absolute top I don't care how much its gotta be this thing would strip the paint off my WRX STI. Bring it to our shores gentlemen it has tp happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AT LAST!
Bring it to Australia already why are we so far behind when it comes to new innovations. C'mon Australia lets not become the nanny state
only 15 at the moment but when i've got the money, i'm so gonna get one. the idea of such a car is absolutaly amazing
We need the atom!!!!
Will I be buying one? Well yes, but only after the kids have left home and the house is paid off. I love that it has the performance of an exotic without the price tag. Sweet!
Bring this car to AUS i will buy one as soon as i can get my hands on it
I want one, just point me in the direction of the dealer.
As long as they're going for less than $50K I'd be interested. Also good if they're road legal ...
Love it and want one.
2010...still nothing, when will it happen or has everyone gone to sleep on it. I want I want I want
BRING THIS TO AUSTRALIA, AND MAKE IT STREET LEGAL!!!
Put me down for the new V8 version :D
- 67ROLLA-Ken
ill get one for hill climb events.
and then get it registered when i can
I'd sell wrx....
bring it here!!!! now!!!!!!!!!!
Get it here now, i want one
i want one so i can tour Australia
as i don't want to buy bike and this thing is awesome
The Ariel Atom is one of the BEST CARS EVER!!! Please, please send it to Australia!!!
Yup I'm sick of missing out on all the good stuff. This is a grate idea I hope it works, because like the rest of you I'm keen as to be driving round in one of these as soon as possable.
i dont care which one. i want one. but seriously 5 years and theres only ONE?? jebus
if ariel made an eco version of this car, with a small non potent motor, it would prabably leave the average commodore or falcon in it's wake, and use under 3 litres per 100km. this angle should be considered by ariel, as there are plenty of cashed up buyers looking for a fun car, but not needing the performance. exceptional fuel economy would also persuade authorities to approve the car for australian roads. of course the euro dicky handed indicator stalks should also be swapped over for oz.
martin (timeaway@hotmail.com)
Australia is too much of a nanny state. We are not mature enough to have this. God Australia sux
Give me one!
This is without a doubt the funnest car you could drive today. there are so many reasons i could think of why we should get the car in Australia and not many as to what the reasons are that they're not here. So bring them over!!
want one this my car after i got into a car accident lol
Count me in for one as-well. I'm still a few years short of a mid-life crisis, but I'm happy to start early.......
typical aussie asswipes wont let us have fun cars im hanging for one to buy i love speed lol i ride an R1 hanging to compare the 2 lol i do love my lotus but the open air rules
We get them here and I would buy one ... maybe we should lobby the government with a shady handshake ?
Git tired of waiting, bought a 370Z - but hey, I can drive it in the rain!i!
Hell yes...
Bring It to australia! Finally a decent motorbike/car mixup is made and u wont let us have it!!
Come on already, what's taking so long?
Come on already!
If I can register my Guzzi powered Lomax in NSW, and Caterhams can be registered, how is it the atom is not allowed? I was on the original waiting list and hope that it gets sold over here soon
I would definitely buy one if it were road legal. Why hasent this happened yet. They are approved in other countries right?!?!
I'm planning my entire mid life crisis around the Ariel Atom. The sooner the Atom is here, the sooner my crisis can start, and the longer it will last! I can't wait for my mid life crisis!
it would be AWESOME! if the Arel Atom became road legal and available in australia!!!
Ariel Atom for the WIN!!!
Geez - what does it take to get these beasts into Australia. Surely someone must have some good influencing skills or contacts!!! Help - I want an Atom
I am in, perfect for my needs.
Yet again goverment conservative minded boring gits with the IQ of a lettuce and no sense of adventure or humor are dictating to us ( the people ) what is good and not good for us to have/do i a democratic country!!!! please dont make me laugh. maybe after we get issued our id cards and have to retina scan our way into the supermarket will we be allowed to own an atom by which time the oil reserves will have run out.
what greater place is there to drive an atom than in Australia; open chassis cruising along a twisty beach road on mild summer night hmm. Hurry up and import then soon
I want to order a street legal one and drive it to work and the shops.
When when when???
I want one
I hate bikes but an considering buying one for the country drive/ride.however i would much prefer one of these
these things are brilliant
Why does the government treat us like babies, you cant do this, you cant do that, you'll get hurt or worse. Yes this car almost brakes the law of physics, but I would rather be in a hairy situation in the Atom than any other car because I know that it is a far superior vehicle, and when you drive it you are fully alert of everything that is going on because you can feel, hear, and see everything.
Please legalise the Ariel Atom, it really is a good little car.
i so want th atom in aus imagin seeing tht driving past ur house
Get one here already damn it. Nuf waiting mate.
Yes please I would very much like to buy one. I am also okay with an electric version, as long as it is 0-100 in 3 seconds or less.
pleeeaaase bring the atom to australia it is an awsome car
I need one. Come on we need them here now. Their is nothing like them, its painfull not to have one..
comon guys let us get these awesome machines legal on our oz roads & get our pollies to make it happen.Have just found a flyer I've had floating arround for sometime now,had a cleanup of my garage & found it they are wicked come on people make it happen
can't wait- will buy one when it arrives
This car is incredible, and would be the perfect car for amatuer racers and professionals alike, with its small engine capacity, yet blistering performance. Depending on the price that it gets released for, i would be very, very, VERY interested in getting one!
registering my interest, can't wait!
i want 1.. loved this car for a long time and want to c it come to aus
I'm an ALIEN!!!!!!
the Atom is definitely on the top of my MUST DO list!!! I gotta have me one!
This car is great we should all be driving 1 .
What do we have to get the atom over, who do we have to bribe, iam sure we are all willing to pay
Cant believe after all these posts, nothing still hasnt been done. Thinking of turning to a cheaper alternative such as a knock-off kit car. The hardest thing for ariel to get into australia would be ADR and compliancing. Even having them in a club and not having them road registerable would be better than nothing.
I WANT THIS CAR IN AUSTRALIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm a motorbike rider and I've never had an accident, speeding fine or hooned. I love the feeling of just you and the road, it's thrilling. But, and I'm the first to admit, it's not as safe as a car. The Ariel atom is that happy medium that will allow you to fully appreciate the riding experience in the safety of a car. With the new laws in place, the majority of people who go through the effort of buying and importing one will not risk turning that engineering masterpiece into a oversized paperweight. If people want to see what their car can do they'll take it to the track, like any real car/bike enthusiast.
GIVE AUSTRALIA THE ATOM! - B.L
I will buy this car if it comes to australia
Soon graduating as an engineer, and lined up for a god job. It's a toss up between this and an Audi R8.
Ive never really owned something nice, come from a small country town.
If I've taken the trouble to get through a double engineering degree, I'm going to own a fast car!
I Want! I Want! I Want! I Want!
Oh please I want one.
Can we just get it here already!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Getting one as soon as they land here I ride bikes and im sick of standard road cars cant wait
I'd love it if they brought it to Australia
The no. 1 reason it is not in Australia is due to stupid beauracrats and politicians supported by even stupider politicians. Stop voting for petty idiots people!
Just goes to show you how sucky our government laws are where it is legal everywhere else. They enforce useless laws that protect criminals but don;t allow us to drive a great car. Fix the issue and get the Ariel here. I certainly have wanted one since Top Gear 1st showed it in 2005.
im buying a bike soon, would much rather fork out the rest of the $$$ to get an Atom :O
bring it! do it! ill buy 1 :D
This car MUST be brought over to Australia! Thousands of them will certainly be bought and it is deffinetely worthwile economically for the company to do so!
I WANT ONE. NOW. SO WTF IS TAKING SO LONG?!?!
i just realized how awesome's the Ariel Atom when watching it on Top gear. I would love to drive one on them in the future. Now the Ariel Atom become my dream car even though ive not seen one of them in real life.
If I can drive one on the road, I will own one.
If I privately import one can I register it here? Because I can't wait.
If I privately import one can I register it here? Because I can't wait.
I Want one Sooooooooo Bad
I want one sooo badly :(
I'm all for it, those ariel atoms are one of the coolest cars to be released ever. Would definitely get one when they arrive.
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