Caterham Seven Team Lotus Special Edition Photos and Video

To celebrate the acquisition by Team Lotus, the Caterham presented a limited edition of Seven, which will be available only in 25 units across the range of Seven and wearing the colors of Team Lotus. The car costs extra £ 3.000 (€ 3.380) from the value of any version of the Caterham Seven and the owner will receive a gift and a factory tour of Team Lotus F1 in Hingham. Currently the cheapest Caterham Seven starts in England from £ 13.650 (€ 15.390)

Caterham declassified the first new model Caterham-Lola SP 300.R

A British company, Caterham, in collaboration with the Italian racing studio Lola has developed a new model, whose world premiere took place on Thursday, January 13, at the Autosport International Motor Show in Birmingham. This car, called the Caterham-Lola SP/300.R, is the first completely new car the automaker over the past 20 years. Recently Caterham released just variations of the famous sports car Seven, which in the line brand now has five pieces.

The firm has developed a Lola sports car for an aluminum platform and body. When the last was not created to attract wind tunnels and an actual test, as testing the effectiveness of all elements of the design is fully carried out virtually, in an environment CFD (Computational fluid dynamics). Front and rear of the vehicle used by an independent double wishbone suspension, with part used in the Caterham chassis elements are also used to bolidah "Lola" for the championship of Formula 3.

In the new movement is a two-liter engine Ford family Duratec, which was finalized by experts of Caterham. As a result, through the installation of a mechanical supercharger, horsepower increased to 300 horsepower. The unit works in tandem with a semi-automatic gearbox Hewland. According to the manufacturer, from zero to 96 miles per hour sports car can accelerate in 2.5 seconds. Maximum speed - 272 kilometers per hour.

New Caterham SP/300.R: this is only the beginning

In the early years of Caterham reserved us a pleasant surprise with a new, surprising and ultimately, self, the SP/300.R.

In the medium term, Caterham should extend the range of this SP/300.R New versions should appear to extend the offer. Caterham on an allocation table, outside the UK, sales 50/50 between the newcomer and the range of Seven, the direct heir of the same name Lotus.