Ariel Hipercar: Take An In-Depth Tour Of The New Wild 1,183-HP Supercar | Carscoops carscoops
is an all-new creation from the boutique British manufacturer, powered by four electric motors. Ariel even plans to sell a version of the Hipercar with a turbine jet engine as a range extender. Now, the brand’s founder and director, Simon Saunders is taking us through the design process as the first full-bodied prototype begins testing.
Saunders recently spent time with Top Gear’s Ollie Marriage to go over the finer details of his company’s latest creation. The Hipercar is targeting a 0-100 mph time of just 4.4 seconds. It can only do that through the use of four in-board electric motors and a 62 kWh battery pack in combination with sticky Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires.
Saunders says that the gas turbine engine is by far the most efficient way to extend the driving range for this application. According to him, Ariel considered conventional engines and evenbefore settling on the jet engine you see protruding from the tail of the Hipercar. He also says that the idea of the range extender was specifically so that Hipercar, which won’t be its final production name, won’t be reliant on a charging network to use the car.
On track though, it’s still very much a prototype. As Marriage pummels it over and over again it finally skips, studders, and inspires its driver to say that it feels like a misfire. It might not be ready for production just yet but we expect that when customers finally get their hands on it that the only thing that skips or stutters might be their heartbeat.
Saunders goes into much further detail about the interior treatments, the construction of the doors, and more. It’s a film that’s well worth a full viewing.
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