
Ariel Nomad
Reference — shown, never scored
Why 9.0: An Atom with suspension travel and a sense of humor — bought to be jumped, not parked. The lightweight section's only member that scores on gravel time instead of track time.
Market value
Median asking price, good condition · $70k (2016) → $85k (2026), trending up · illustrative data
The long version
Owning a Nomad requires accepting there is no wet-weather answer and not much of a highway answer either, which filters the buyer pool down to people who already know that and bought it anyway — often the same crowd that outgrew an Atom and wanted the off-road excuse to keep buying tires. It shows up at green-laning meets and desert trailheads more than at concours lawns, exactly the life a roll-cage buggy with road registration was built for. Resale holds up not because collectors are circling but because so few owners will let theirs go once they have found somewhere to jump it.