The following year, the Atom won Autocars 0-100 mph challenge as the new Ariel Atom 2 300 bhp supercharged edition achieved a time of 6.86 seconds, and then stopped from 100 in 3.8 seconds.
The Sunday Times measured the time taken for the Atom to accelerate from 0 to at 2.89 seconds, making it the world's third fastest accelerating production car then available, after the Bugatti Veyron's 2.46 seconds[REF] and the Ultima GTR at 2.6 seconds;[REF] the review was in 2005.