'Atomic' from MEV

[Nigel]

MEV has anounced a new offering the 'Atomic' a single seat, Motorcycle powered, super light (targeted 450 BHP/ton) :awais:

COMPLETE MEV ATOMIC KIT

£4500 plus vat

KIT INCLUDES;

CHASSIS AND WISHBONES SET
7 PIECE GRP (VARIOUS COLOURS)
SET OF WING MOUNT STAYS
STEERING RACK (2.4 QUICK RACK)
PERSPEX FLY SCREEN CUT TO SIZE
ALLOY FLOOR AND BULK HEAD
ALLOY CENTRE TUNNEL
DIFFERENTIAL (used)
DRIVE SHAFTS
PROP SHAFT
PROP SHAFT ADAPTOR
REAR UPRIGHTS AND HUBS
ALLOY FRONT UPRIGHTS & HUBS
FULL SET OF BALL JOINTS
SUSPENSION BUSHES AND INSERTS
SHOCK ABSORBERS AND SPRINGS
Miata Brakes


83" Wheel Base, 63" Width / Track

15" Rims with 205 Tires


Add a Yamaha R1 engine, wheels & seat
& lights for road use. Powder coat extra.


http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w232/NigelP21/MEV%20Sonic%207/atomic05.jpg

Check out the other photos and info at http://www.mevltd.co.uk/atomicgallery.html :thumb2:

[Gage]

Sweet! The more options the better! I would drive one.

[golftdibrad]

Looks Sweet!

[cheapracer]

Well we all have opinions.

It's butt ugly, it's an aerodynamic nightmare (it's got a small engine remember), the rollbar is 100% unsafe and could they have tried harder to put the main mass (the driver and engine) out as far to the sides as possible? Nope.

Highly unimpressed with the name too and I'm sure Ariel are talking to their Lawyers as we speak.

Fail, how can a company that makes the Sonic give up this? - What about a narrowed single seater Sonic MEV???

[golftdibrad]

Well we all have opinions.

It's butt ugly, it's an aerodynamic nightmare (it's got a small engine remember), the rollbar is 100% unsafe and could they have tried harder to put the main mass (the driver and engine) out as far to the sides as possible? Nope.

Highly unimpressed with the name too and I'm sure Ariel are talking to their Lawyers as we speak.

Fail, how can a company that makes the Sonic give up this? - What about a narrowed single seater Sonic MEV???

meh, any open wheel car is an aerodynamic disaster. The rollbar cold be better, but to keep it simple and use off the shelf parts is probably why a side by side driver engine combo was used. It also looks like it has a super short wheelbase, something that is very hard to do and still use of the shelf stuff; perhaps near impossible if the driver and engine are centered.

[Gage]

Well we all have opinions.

It's butt ugly, it's an aerodynamic nightmare (it's got a small engine remember), the rollbar is 100% unsafe and could they have tried harder to put the main mass (the driver and engine) out as far to the sides as possible? Nope.

Highly unimpressed with the name too and I'm sure Ariel are talking to their Lawyers as we speak.

Fail, how can a company that makes the Sonic give up this? - What about a narrowed single seater Sonic MEV???

Cheapracer, you are better than the daily comic strips in the newspaper. Please don't ever stop.

[Karlo]

I kinda of like it!!!

I will have to ask Stuart if it comes LHD.

[Chadillac]

I swear I've seen a car set up very similar to this where a motorcycle engine was in the middle of the car. It was chain driven to both the rear and front tires. AWD exocar!

[golftdibrad]

I swear I've seen a car set up very similar to this where a motorcycle engine was in the middle of the car. It was chain driven to both the rear and front tires. AWD exocar!

www.dpcars.net

[cheapracer]

Cheapracer, you are better than the daily comic strips in the newspaper. Please don't ever stop.

Ok.

But just look at the sweet lines of the orange Sonic on the right (which I have heralded as the new Locost shape of the 2000's) and imagine it narrowed with a single seat - sweet as and aerodynamic. Can't imagine for a moment why they presented this 1960's British club racer hashup instead, what a step backwards.

Oh, IMO.

[Chadillac]

www.dpcars.net

Yep, that's the one!

[Gage]

That was not criticism by the way.

I think a couple of companies are working on something more like what you are talking about.

[cheapracer]

I think a couple of companies are working on something more like what you are talking about.

Hope so, I would like to see this industry go forward.

Consider the Atom-ic, it's a deadly weapon and I mean it in a bad way, the rear protection is zero, nil, zilch. Imagine on the road someone running into the back of you (and I mean that literally) or on a track day spinning backwards into the fence/tyre wall - you would be assured of being crippled for life if you survived. If this really happened it would reflect badly on our whole scene.

Sorry to be so factually negative but I look at it from all angles and then see the Sonic and can't believe they came out the same factory door.

[stiggymills]

Here we have a car weighing one third of a ton, its crazy to drive. 450bhp per ton, lots of noise, lots of wind, no passenger, just seat of the pants fun. No air bags or ABS. Of course that applies to nearly all kit cars but this one is mental and not for the faint hearted or inexperienced. Handling is a dream and that is the opinion of the U.K kit car media. 25% of the all up weight in each corner with a 100kgs driver on or in it. Not a car, more a motorbike with 4 wheels or an over grown go kart. Driver training required though!

[Gage]

I love it!

[cheapracer]

I don't! (but I love the MEV Sonic)

[Nigel]

New MEV Promo Video of the Atomic :coolnana:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhdfiDZj9jU

(It's a bit like Marmite you either love it or hate it !!!)

[Karlo]

Nice!

[LS-Fbomb]

Has there been anyone that's built one of these besides MEV? I got really excited about the build when I saw it in KITCAR a while back. I love the idea. Never mind CheapRacers comments. This thing would be a riot to drive.

[Nigel]

Has there been anyone that's built one of these besides MEV? I got really excited about the build when I saw it in KITCAR a while back. I love the idea. Never mind CheapRacers comments. This thing would be a riot to drive.

Checkout the MEV Owners Forum, http://www.mevowners.proboards.com/ couple of build threads. :thumb2:

nigel