{"id":465593,"date":"2024-01-16T18:55:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T18:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=465593"},"modified":"2024-12-19T20:14:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T20:14:40","slug":"driving-the-porsche-718-spyder-rs-and-ariel-atom-4r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/driving-the-porsche-718-spyder-rs-and-ariel-atom-4r\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Driving The Porsche 718 Spyder RS And Ariel Atom 4R"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/2024-porsche-718-spyder-rs-a-first-look\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Porsche 718 Spyder RS<\/a> epitomizes automotive excellence and stands as one of the finest sports cars of the 21st century. It&#8217;s the only RS-badged convertible from Porsche, featuring a 493 brake horsepower 4L Flat-6 engine, analog cabin, and a flawless 7-speed PDK gearbox for an unparalleled driving experience.<\/p>\n<p>In a contrasting pursuit of automotive exhilaration, the Ariel Atom 4R emerges as a daring contender. Weighing only 700 kg and equipped with a tuned Honda Civic Type R engine generating 400 brake horsepower, the Atom 4R defies conventional road car norms with its raw, unapologetic adrenaline rush.<\/p>\n<p>Checkout this video from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CARmagazineTV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CAR magazine on YouTube<\/a> as they put these two contenders on a thorough winter test in South Wales and see how both cars stack up against each other.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Porsche 718 Spyder RS vs Ariel Atom 4R | Extreme winter weapons!\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IFzEqNubXwE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Porsche 718 Spyder RS vs Ariel Atom 4R | Extreme winter weapons!\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IFzEqNubXwE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Porsche 718 Spyder RS epitomizes automotive excellence and stands as one of the finest sports cars of the 21st century. It&#8217;s the only RS-badged convertible from Porsche, featuring a 493 brake horsepower 4L Flat-6 engine, analog cabin, and a flawless 7-speed PDK gearbox for an unparalleled driving experience. In a contrasting pursuit of automotive exhilaration, the Ariel Atom 4R emerges as a daring contender. Weighing only 700 kg and equipped with a tuned Honda Civic Type R engine generating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":809182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16906,12919],"tags":[89,22716,16757,22718,115,8441],"class_list":["post-465593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-porsche","category-videos","tag-porsche","tag-porsche-boxster","tag-boxster-cayman","tag-porsche-media-boxster-videos","tag-porsche-videos","tag-videos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>VIDEO: Driving The Porsche 718 Spyder RS And Ariel Atom 4R<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/driving-the-porsche-718-spyder-rs-and-ariel-atom-4r\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VIDEO: Driving The Porsche 718 Spyder RS And Ariel Atom 4R\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Porsche 718 Spyder RS epitomizes automotive excellence and stands as one of the finest sports cars of the 21st century. 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