Ok. The most awesome thing about this video is half way into it when they have a drag race between the Murcielago and a VW Golf GT. Now, the VW is quite quick. I’d say that it’s faster than the vast majority of cars on the road. But the Lambo absolutely and unequivocally destroys it.

Now, I’ll grant that the Murcielago is faster and more expensive than the Lamboghini Gallardo. But if you watch the other video and this one back to back you can see why I’d take the Gallardo every day!
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The Ariel Atom is absolutely the most impractical car you’ll ever lust after. It has no trunk, roof, windshield, doors… hell, even the seats are made of plastic. But none of that matters, because it is the third fastest production car on Earth. And it’s cheap.

My favorite quote from Jeremy Clarkson’s road test of the Atom:

Over the years I’ve flown F-15 fighters and done power-slides in airboats and straffed the desert in helicopter gunships, but for sheer excitement this thing is off the scale.

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