Ariel china ???

[Atommatt]

Here's something to raise your eyebrows .


Replica/Kit Makes Ariel Atom Replica in Replica/Kit Makes | eBay Motors

[Norm]

The importers address via Google is very close to Palatov MS (I am sure is unrelated.) Google has them at 905 SE Grand St in Portland

[bolus]

Not the china made uprights though.

[MadMaxAtom]

Looks like they plan on selling a LOT of them..stacks of red frames in the background in one of those photos...

I'll bet Ariel is not too happy about this!

[Atommatt]

I think the pictures were taken in China and the address is Portland. Look at the pink floor in the picture Iphone__868.jpg thats a picture from China . Look at the pictures all around the car, 10 frame down the floor is pink to ???? The China Uprights where from 09 I believe. They could have been changed to the TMI style. That means that the car would be based on the UK style not US. Right.

[Norm]

WOW, the level of rip off is amazing! I think you are right about China Atom experiment. Did you see all 356 replica's? The red plastic on the frames would make the floor look pink

[atomaker]

We're on it!
Team TMI

[Norm]

Just because the pictures will disappear off of eBay very soon ...

This is a pdf with all of the pictures

[MadMaxAtom]

It's not like there is this HUGE market for exo-skeletal cars,let alone exact copies of an original car,which is still in active production..I don't understand the business sense of it at all.

Starting with what you get for $12k. and then adding all the rest (and there is a lot missing..) will put you easily into the price range of a ready to drive SRA,so why bother?? When you are all done with your "kit",you certainly can't call it anything but a Chinese knockoff,so the return on your time and money spent would be quite poor,if you ever intend to sell it. I dunno...just rubs me the wrong way...

Makes me want to hit the buy-it-now..and then tell them to shove it...such evil thoughts...

[bolus]

If this is from Ariel China, they have a license to make them in China. I have no idea if they can sell them in the US but I would guess not.

So they are an official manufacturer still I believe.