BECAUSE having a McLaren 12C in the UK police garage isn’t cool enough, British performance car maker Ariel has gifted them with their road legal race car, the Atom.

Donated to help promote motorcycle safety, the Atom is kitted up to make there’s no confusion whether it’s a cop car. The special edition ‘Atom PL’ includes a light bar up the top, as well as traditional yellow and blue police decals, yellow brake calipers and a good old siren that you can try to hear over the monstrous exhaust sound.

It will easily be the quickest car in the country’s police garages, packing a supercharged 2.0 litre Honda engine that puts out an insane 260kW of power to propel the 550kg car from 0-100km/h in 2.5 seconds.

Like most insane police cars around the world, this will only be used for promotional purposes, with the Atom being focused around motorcycle safety events.

Although, Ariel boss told Car and Driver magazine that he wouldn’t care if a few speeding drivers were caught by police in the Atom.