How many Atoms...

[sniff petrol]

...are made per year? How do the production numbers compare with Caterham?

[atomfun]

You'll probably get a better responce here: http://forum.atomclub.com/index.php

[swampy56]

ariel Make about ten a month. Its a two year wait now for a new one.

[sniff petrol]

swampy56 said:

ariel Make about ten a month. Its a two year wait now for a new one.

Cool, thanks for that. So less than half of Caterham then.

[atom-ick]

sniff petrol said:

swampy56 said:

ariel Make about ten a month. Its a two year wait now for a new one.

Cool, thanks for that. So less than half of Caterham then.

I believe that caterham build 10 a week, so roughly 500 a year if you assume they must have weeks where none are produced (christmas?)

Emphasizes how much bigger Caterham's following is. Do you think that Ariel will get this big - they seem to be getting quite popular.

[sniff petrol]

atom-ick said:

sniff petrol said:

swampy56 said:

ariel Make about ten a month. Its a two year wait now for a new one.

Cool, thanks for that. So less than half of Caterham then.

I believe that caterham build 10 a week, so roughly 500 a year if you assume they must have weeks where none are produced (christmas?)

Emphasizes how much bigger Caterham's following is. Do you think that Ariel will get this big - they seem to be getting quite popular.

Thanks for your input.

I don't think Ariel will want to expand too much too soon and risk any stability issues that seem to plague British sports car manufacturers unfortunately.

[Bruce Fielding]

Actually, Ariel make c.six per month.

Their target is seven, however servicing and repairs time increases with a larger parque, so as there are more Atoms, so the build time actually increases.