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The following year, the Atom won ''[[Autocar (magazine)|Autocar]]''{{'}}s 0–100&nbsp;mph challenge as the new Ariel Atom 2 300&nbsp;bhp supercharged edition achieved a time of 6.86 seconds, and then stopped from 100 in 3.8 seconds. At the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, the Atom broke the indoor speed record.<ref>Joseph, Noah. [http://www.autoblog.com/2006/12/18/british-mags-set-indoor-speed-records/ "British mags set indoor speed records"], ''Autoblog'', 18 December 2006.</ref> The high gloss floor that the cars ran on was only {{convert|220|m|ft|abbr=on}} long, with an open door at the end of the hall. The driver of the Atom launched in fourth gear and still had wheelspin until the car reached {{convert|110|km/h|mi/h|abbr=on}} and started to get traction. The Atom was beaten only by a class nine [[Autograss]] car powered by a 2.0l Lexus-Toyota touring car engine which set the official indoor speed record, beating the previous record held by a [[Toyota TF105|Toyota F1 car]] driven by Toyota's test driver Olivier Panis dressed as ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'''s driver [[The Stig]].{{cn|reason=Was Panis The Stig for a day?|date=June 2020}}