Jonathan Bell has written for Wallpaper* magazine since 1999, covering everything from architecture and transport design to books, tech and graphic design. He is now the magazine’s Transport and Technology Editor. Jonathan has written and edited 15 books, including Concept Car Design, 21st Century House, and The New Modern House.
For some people, the journey is way more important than the destination. We’re guessing that’s the ethos of anyone who invests in the new Ariel Nomad 2, an ultra-light ‘go-anywhere sports car’ that’s road legal yet prefers to eschew the tarmac altogether.
Ariel launched the first Nomad in 2015 as a companion to the track-focused Ariel Atom, a cultish two-seater that was all about the purity of the driving experience. The Nomad took the Atom’s stripped-back aesthetic and beefed it up for use in practically any kind of terrain. This cultish contemporary beach buggy is now revealed in its second generation.Ariel points out that the new car only shares three parts with its forebear, but the space frame aesthetic is still very much alive and well.
‘Making the same car capable of reliably and repeatedly jumping the crest of an off-road hill at more than 100mph takes this to another level,’ he explains. ‘If you then add in loose surfaces, mud, water, and perhaps some ice, you’ll appreciate the extremes that we have dealt with. It’s a car that can be driven to the shops, and then around a WRC rally stage.
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