www.arielmotor.co.uk

Did anyone get lucky and test driven this car??

 

Its like a go-kart for adults!


If only all go karts were like this and they had 12 or so of them and we could race them around the track!

Now THAT would by fun!

 

There are sessions at Eastern Creek for that right?

As of long time ago, it has not done the ADR. So it is not road legal yet.....

Anything changed Revolver (coz he was interested in it).

 

Jeremy Clarkson did...

 

Funny, my 8 does that when i drive with the window down...

 

Haha, i saw the video, thats how i found out about it

 

I got on the mailing list of the distributor out of curiosity (and a mild deathwish).

You can order one right now if you want ($100Kish plus whatever extras you want) for use as a track weapon (these things ain't no toy) but they're still going through the hoops to get them road legal.

Unlikely to happen this year from what I could tell.

There's probably cheaper second hand open wheelers you could buy that would be just as quick, so it's a limited local market atm.

 

Well, I'm just getting started in the motor world so no rush with buying myself a track weapon ...

 

I don't think I could handle it either.

Still, would be a lotta fun learning...

 

are they the "normal" ones or the S/C version?
from memory, someone in North Sydney have imported a few for some sort of specialised track events... and i think they are the same mop trying to get the ADR approved.
for some reasons i dont think it'd ever get ADR approved for australian public road use.

 

You can buy either version. There's also a whole heap of options such as wings and spoilers, etc for track use.

AFAIK, the distributor is not the people who run them at Eastern Creek but I could be wrong about that.

As far as ADR stuff goes, my last mailout, some months ago now, told me they were still trying to get them approved for road use. Maybe they've given up for some reason?

 

The cost?

It is very nice, but there are either alternative. Like a Honda DC5 sport car from Macau GP. They will not be road legal and oh god they are loud, and fast. The second hand ones goes cheaper than a new Integra here, but you need to have a higher CAMS licence to import it (that is the catch )

 

next open track day at e creek is on the 30th of march (saturday), any rx8'ters coming??

 

Sorry - can't remember precise figures. If you're curious, ask. They're pretty friendly with enquiries and will probably offer to put you on the mailing list.

Otherwise I agree there's plenty of alternatives for an out and out track only car.

I'm only interested in something road legal. I cbf trailering a car around and having to store the trailer and the car, etc. As we all know, one of the great things about the RX8 is that you can drive it to the track, have mucho fun with it and then drive it home again.

 

I want one of these

GTM

On road for about 45K for a kit. The distributor is Meridian Motorsport and they look a whole look better in the flesh.

Maybe one day.

Matt

 

I saw that... did you see the yellow one they are building up?

Ash was showing me the other day. 180kW in a 900kg car. ADR approved.

But I don't think it is 45K when it rolls out of the MMSports show room. It is more like the Lotus Elise (not Exege) price

 

Agreed. If they really were 45K finished and ready to roll you'd see a lot more of them.

Nice thing though.