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Originally Posted by fatoni
I think you're giving Ariel and it's design team too much credit. Yeah it's still a bucket list car and I'm not trying to detract from that. It's just flawed. Whether it's love despite the flaws or because of it is beyond my experience. As far as the comparison between the elise and a miata, I'm going to trust my years of ownership over a few cherry picked stat off a spec sheet every time.
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Either I’m giving them too much credit or you aren’t giving them enough:
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zNPFcn3pAw&t=63s[/ame]
With that much power to weight on such a short wheelbase, understeer is going to be there by design, even if the RR setup may necessitate it.
As an Elise owner, I think you may find this quote ironic:
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The Atom suspension setup was tuned by the engineers at Lotus. Edmunds "Inside Line" noted that "anyone who has driven a selection of Lotus-tuned cars, such as the Lotus Elise, the Aston Martin Vanquish and the Opel Speedster, will notice a common feel or signature, and it's replicated in the Atom."
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Atom