Initially it might seem surprising that there hasn’t been a scale model of an Ariel Atom before now. After all, the car is extremely popular and it’s been in production for 16 years.

Boutique sports car manufacturer Ariel has been around for almost a quarter of a century, with the Atom and Nomad carving out a unique niche in the automotive scene for no-frills enthusiast sports ...

Several sports car firms rejected his idea, so he set up the Ariel Motor Company to build the Atom himself. Arch Motors collaborated on the steel skeleton and Saunders set about sourcing ...

The car beat out icons including the Pagani Huayra and Lamborghini Sesto Elemento. The Ariel Atom has long been one of the nuttiest, most track-focused cars on the planet, and 18 months ago ...