the modern sports car manufacturer . for the historical motorcycle and car marque see ariel vehicle . ariel motor company ltd type ltd industry automotive founded 2001 founder simon saunders headquarters crewkerne somerset united kingdom area served worldwide products automobiles number of employees 19 website arielmotor.co.uk ariel atom at goodwood ariel motor company ltd is a low volume performance motor vehicle manufacturing company in crewkerne in somerset england . founded by simon saunders in 1991 as solocrest ltd. the name was changed in 1999 to ariel motor company ltd. the original ariel motors remains as the trading company of the ariel owners motorcycle club aomcc ariel motorcycles firm . 1 ariel motor company is one of the uk s smallest automotive companies with just 19 employees producing up to 100 cars per year . the company manufactures the ariel atom an extremely light high performance car 2 powered by a honda civic type r engine and gearbox . the atom is the world s first road going exoskeletal car ; 3 it has no bodywork or roof and is built entirely around the tube chassis making it weigh less than 500 kg 1 102 lb . this means that the latest model the ariel atom 3.5 r supercharged model has a power to weight ratio of around 700 bhp 520 kw per tonne . in june 2014 the company announced the new ariel ace motorcycle . powered by a honda 1237cc v4 engine and gearbox the bike will be produced from 2015 in similar volume levels to the existing car based products . 4 in january 2015 ariel introduced the nomad a buggy designed along the same principles as the atom at the autosport international show . 5 the nomad utlises a 2.4 litre honda engine producing 235bhp . 6 see also edit list of car manufacturers of the united kingdom references edit ariel . supercar club . retrieved 17 april 2011 . ariel atom v8 2010 first official pictures . car magazine . 2010 09 08 . retrieved 2010 09 08 . ariel atom . fifty magazine . retrieved 17 april 2011 . ssquires 25 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