{"id":97740,"date":"2014-05-09T10:03:08","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T08:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtspirit.com\/?p=97740"},"modified":"2014-05-09T09:42:06","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T07:42:06","slug":"official-ariel-atom-3-5r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2014\/05\/09\/official-ariel-atom-3-5r\/","title":{"rendered":"Official: Ariel Atom 3.5R"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Just a couple days after the first details about it were revealed<\/a>, the Ariel Atom 3.5R has officially been revealed. Designed as a more potent variant of the existing Atom 3.5, the 3.5R adds a host of upgrades including better suspension, a tweaked transmission as well as some visual and aerodynamic improvements.<\/p>\n

Beneath the skin or lack thereof, the Ariel Atom 3.5R features the same 2.0-litre iVTEC engine as the Honda Civic Type R. However, this engine has been supercharged and now delivers 350 hp and 330 Nm of torque. All of this power is sent through a new Sadev six-speed sequential racing transmission driving the rear wheels. The gearbox is so advanced that while it \u2018only\u2019 features a single clutch, upshifts are still dealt with in just 40 milliseconds and downshifts in less than 50 milliseconds. What\u2019s more, it can perform five speedy downshifts in under a second.<\/p>\r\n