The all-new Ariel Nomad 2 is, according to the makers, ‘the ultimate go-anywhere sports car’. Given it was launched at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, that seems a bit of a stretch, since you need to arrive with your linen suit uncreased and your panama at a jaunty angle on your head as you give your smoothest smile.
Turning up in a Nomad 2 means a suit crumpled by sweat and dust and an overtight harness, a panama possibly now being worn by a surprised cow two fields away and a grin that is only just this side of sane. But men of a certain age are certain to be attracted, helped in part by a video of it focusing on ‘65% stiffer, 50% more travel’. Frankly that’s a future many would pay handsomely for.
But, Viz-level humour aside, it’s actually pretty amazing just how different and improved this second version of the Nomad is. It’s like everything, every element, is now better than it was, and it was mighty good to start with.
Read the full article in the October issue of Overlander 4×4 –
