![]() ![]() The Nomad comes in two basic trim levels: Sport and Tactical. It is powered by the same 230-hp, 220-lb-ft 2.4-liter Honda four as the Ariel Atom, with the same six-speed manual and limited-slip diff. The Nomad has more wheel travel, beefier tires and even a Formula Drift-style grab handle brake to lock up the rears. The Nomad has its own unique exoskeleton that, unlike the Atom, incorporates some overhead protection (there’s probably some legal prohibition against calling it a roll cage). Now there’s an Ariel Atom for the dirt: the Ariel Nomad. Its only limitation is pavement, and now you don’t need the pavement. ![]() Bugs smash into your flapping pie hole as you drive. You balance the rear-biased car’s attitude with a combination of right foot and religion. The roll-cage body holds an engine in back, and there are two scant seats added as an afterthought - aside from that, there's nothing to adorn it or get in the way of its performance potential. What is a Nomad, you ask? You know the Ariel Atom, that open-air cage of fury straight out of your shop teacher’s worst nightmare? It's a sports car reduced to its absolute bare minimum, a schematic of a performance vehicle without so much as a windshield (at least in the early years) to skew the power-to-weight ratio. How could they omit this simple yet very useful item? There was one on the Rat Patrol Jeep, as we’re sure you’ll recall, and, apart from certain prohibitive zoning restrictions and maybe a few “laws,” there’s no reason they couldn’t put one on a Nomad, too. Our biggest complaint about the Ariel Nomad super-dune-buggy rally-race-desert-stomper thing? It's not offered with an optional machine gun. ![]()
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