---
title: "Drive Wire: The Ariel Nomad Is Simply Badass"
description: "A stripped-down off-roader."
date: "2016-05-26"
modified: "2016-05-26"
authors:
  - name: "The Drive Staff"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/the-drive-staff"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/3684/drive-wire-the-ariel-nomad-is-simply-badass"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "ariel"
---

# Drive Wire: The Ariel Nomad Is Simply Badass

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In news of the weird, which is so often the best kind, we have the latest from the no-frills all-thrills team at Ariel. They’ve taken the ultra-spare approach they use on their Atom track car and applied it to an off-road model, the Ariel Nomad. The Nomad is basically a hand-built Sand Rail Baja racer, meaning it’s one of the best things in the world, and its 1,500 pounds are motivated by a 230 horsepower Honda four. That means you can hit 60 miles per hour down a back road in 3.4 seconds. The base model starts at $80,000; the “tactical” is $92,000, which gets you top-shelf Ohlins suspension and – seriously- a front fender with a winch mount, which you’ll inevitably need.

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