Caterham 7, anybody heard of it?

[288 GTO]

Hey has anybody heard of the Caterham 7?

Originally desighned by Colin Chapman, it was the Lotus 7. In the late 70's Chapman sold the right and all the parts to Caterham. Since then Caterham have produced over 10,000 different models from, the fun reasonably fast superport, to the insane superlight R500. They have also constructed a SV version which is desighned for bigger people who require more space.

Caterham 7's are manufactered in Kent, south England. They also have a showroom in the Midlands.

My father and I currently own a British racing green 1.4 Supersport. We bought it last year for £11,000, and it has been nothing but fun all the way. Roughly in Mph, it does 0-60 in 6 secs with a top speed of around 130 mph. Not bad accleration for its price It doesn't stop there, the Caterham has surperb handling and can take most corners at quite high speeds. The mpg for ours is very good to at around 35. We have taken it on a few tracks and are planning to do the Nurburg Ring in the summer

For more info go to www.caterham.co.uk

[whiteballz]

ive heard of it, never seen one.
seen cars like it.
apparently very fast due to power/weight ratio

[288 GTO]

yes the Westfield 7 is a copy of it. They are more common but not as nice in my opinion. Its alot of fun for its price. the best model the R500, is priced at around £30,000 and does 0-60 in 4 secs with top speed of 150mph

Caterham also did a 21 which only 50 were built

[whiteballz]

cool. nice pics btw

[288 GTO]

thanks mate

My dad might be thinking of trading it in, and getting a superlight R priced at around £17,000. 0-60 in 4 secs top speed of about 143mph. wieghs 400Kg and has a few carbon fibre parts

[Sweeney921]

saw one when i was in france last summer

[288 GTO]

Some more pic of the Caterham

[jones.dk]

The R500 doesnt do 0-60 in 4 sec.... it does it in 3,4 sec

thats faster than an Enzo!!

[Coventrysucks]

Originally Posted by jones.dk

The R500 doesnt do 0-60 in 4 sec.... it does it in 3,4 sec

thats faster than an Enzo!!

The Tiger Racing Z100WR (another 7 a like) with two 190bhp Kawasaki ZX12 engines did 0-60 in 2.8

http://www.tigerracing.com/cars/z100main.htm

[Suka]

Originally Posted by 288 GTO

Hey has anybody heard of the Caterham 7?

Heard of it? I love it! It was originally called the Lotus 7. My Dads mate had one and my Grandfather had a Lotus 6 which is very very nice. The only people i know that havn't heard of it are people that don't know about cars.

[Matra et Alpine]

Originally Posted by Coventrysucks

The Tiger Racing Z100WR

Good for straight line, but the Sylva Striker is one of the best handling with in-board springs/dampers it's an ideal race and track car.
Sylva don't do it anymore, seem to have sold the rights to http://www.rawengineering.co.uk/.

[Suka]

I know a guy who lives around where i live who owns a Sylva Striker, it is magnificent!

[288 GTO]

Originally Posted by jones.dk

The R500 doesnt do 0-60 in 4 sec.... it does it in 3,4 sec

thats faster than an Enzo!!

You know i actually knew that, but i thought i might be argued with if i said it. Insane isin't it

[288 GTO]

Originally Posted by Coventrysucks

The Tiger Racing Z100WR (another 7 a like) with two 190bhp Kawasaki ZX12 engines did 0-60 in 2.8

http://www.tigerracing.com/cars/z100main.htm

When My dad and I wen tracing last Friday we saw a Tiger racing car there. It had a twin weber carb ford Zetec engine. Man it was the bee's knees

[ZerK]

Originally Posted by 288 GTO

Hey has anybody heard of the Caterham 7?

Heard of it? I blimmin' well love it! It's right up there with some of my favorite cars The R500 is awesome. Isn't it the fastest road-legal producion vehicle from 0-60? If I ever have the money, I'm sooooooo gonna get one of these

There's the Caterham 21 as well, dunno if it's built any more. It's based on a 7 chassis, but with a few more creature comforts, at the sacrifice of handling and performance. But the 7 was so excellent, the 21 is still very quick and nimble. Very nice little car