We all know the Ariel Atom, that little go kart that you can drive on the street. The original Ariel Atom had between 245 and 300 horsepower and was one of the most ridiculous things to drive because it was so much power in such a small car, It gave the feeling of a motorcycle with the safety of a roadster. Well now that just doesn’t seem like enough, not with the showing of this new Atom. Sporting a Russell Savory designed 2.4 litre V8 engine that produces 500 horsepower at 10,000rpm giving the car 1000 horsepower per ton this is like an F1 car for the road.

Source motivemag.com

What averages 22 miles per gallon, high speed and city driving, over 600 miles, weighs two tons, has four doors, a big trunk, all wheel drive, a slick six speed automatic, the most comfortable seats in the industry, a direct injected twin scroll turbo charged three liter six with 285bhp and 295 lb-ft of torque at 1500rpm?Well, you’ve got it! The Volvo S80 T6 hauls butt and is built like an Abrams tank with the highest safety rating.

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Autoweek.com reports that the American Hot Rod star died early this morning of unknown causes. Boyd Coddington’s name is synonymous with Hot Rods and classic cars in general, whether it be the Aluma-Dub-Tub or the corvette powered 57′ chevy “Chezoom”. His memory will definitely not be forgotten.

Full article at autoweek.com

Autocar just posted their video comparison of the three most desirable sports cars of 2008. The Nissan GT-R, All new BMW M3 and the ultimate purists performance car, the 911 GT3. No big surprises here, we’ve all seen the test and Nurburgring lap times; the GT-R is the new bench mark in production car performance. It’s bigger, it’s heavier, it’s higher off the ground, but boy oh boy does this thing handle! We can’t wait to get our hands on the car ourselves. Alas, the comparison…

Looks like the 1 series has outmatched it’s Porsche rival and at a discount of over $5000. Just how long can Porsche continue to mark up their prices for their premium badging? Who knows, but we know one thing, the 1 Series is coming. And it’s going to be an Icon. Jeremy Clarkson recently reviewed that car and concluded his article with this quote:

” The fact of the matter is this. The 135 coupé is the best car BMW makes. I have no hesitation at all, then, in giving this long-awaited return to form the rare accolade of five stars.”

Here’s the first comparo done by
Fifth Gear…

While it may be a little bigger than the average 2×4 from Home Depot, this Supercar hopes to splinter to 240 mph.  This Lambo-like supercar will definitely give a new meaning to the coined term “Woody.”

Alright, enough puns…..all in all, this thing is powered by a 4.6 liter V8 that was pulled from a Cadillac Northstar.  I am sure the tree huggers will love it.  Not only will it get about 20mpg, but it will also get you to 60 in under 3 seconds.

The coolest thing about this insane supercar is that it is being built by a team of graduate students at NC state.  Joe Harmon, leader of this project, says

“We are building a high-performance, mid-engined supercar from wood composites as a graduate project at North Carolina State University. Wood will be used whereever possible, including the chassis, body, and large percentages of the suspension components and wheels. The car has a target weight of 2500lbs and a power goal of over 600 horsepower. We aren’t trying to sell anything; we aren’t trying to save the world, and we aren’t advocating that everyone should drive a wooden car. This project is a scholastic endeavour in which are simply trying to explore materials, learn, teach, share ideas, and stimulate creativity. This section details who we are and what we are doing. We hope you enjoy checking out what we are working on.”

Be sure to check on their progress at their Blog or their huge photo Flickr for real pictures of the progress.

User k20teggy sent us in a shot of himself with his Amazon Gift Card, cheers!  He’s got some pretty nice galleries cookin on his profile page.  Sending in this picture means +250 toy our credit total, so be sure to take a show of yourself with your Schwag and send it in fora stack of credits!

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Many of you have noticed an outage today of the WebRidesTV.com website.  We have performed a much needed performance update to the code of the website, and you will be happy to know that means that you will enjoy (slightly) faster load times for all pages!

We’ve still got plenty of things to fix around here, but just like our cars, we like our websites fast as well.

Everything should be back to normal now, thanks.

WRTV Team

Howdy Webriders! Dr. VW here. Hope you all have been enjoying the schwagmart. I’m saving up for that sweet GPS so I don’t get lost… Anyways I’m here to share with you guys my latest auto adventure.

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One of the winners of the “Amazon Rush” (we’ve lovingly labeled it that here at WRTV HQ) was user AdamThreeFifths, and he’s sent in a picture of himself pimpin’ his Amazon.com gift code, delivered to him via snail mail!

Cheers buddy, you deserve it!  Keep it locked on WebRidesTV.com for more cool Schwag stories, and keep watching our videos for more opportunities to pimp your ride with cool free stuff!