Caterham has made an announcement that it has founded a new engineering business – Caterham Technology and Innovation Limited (CTI). The company will be responsible of producing a new line of affordable sports cars inspired by the brand’s lightweight and minimalist philosophy of the Seven. CTI will also work on advanced projects for external companies [...]
After months of speculation, Team Lotus Enterprise confirmed today that it has purchased British sportscar maker Caterham Cars. To celebrate the acquisition, Caterham will offer a special Team Lotus upgrade package, which includes traditional green and yellow Lotus colors, a commemorative plaque and a tour of the factory. Team Lotus said that the new era [...]
Caterham Cars has released its first new addition to the world-renowned Seven range after two years of waiting. Known as the Caterham Supersport, the model is said to be one of the purest versions yet of the British sportscar. The road-going edition of the race car borrows all of the track versions performance essentials and [...]
Caterham’s boss Ansar Ali has told AutoCar that the company plans on revealing its plans to go electric within six months. Ali said that Caterham is talking to several parties that are interested in working with the company. “We”re trying to pull together some partners and there a lot who want to be associated with [...]
Caterham is ready to produce its next model but it will be asking the public to help design the new car. The company has teamed up with Project Splitwheel where users will be able to log on to www.splitwheel.com to submit their design ideas and concepts. Caterham will also submit its own ideas as development [...]
Caterham’s best-selling model Superlight R300 is back in its 2009 model year version. Power comes from a new 2.0L Ford Duratec engine that produces 175-hp and a maximum torque of 139 lb-ft. Mated to a 6-speed gearbox the 0 to 60 sprint comes in 4.5 seconds with a top speed of 140 mph. The Caterham Superlight [...]
Caterham announced today that it has sold out all of its eight Levante supercars that are scheduled to enter production. Only eight Levantes will be hand-built by Hertfordshire-based RS Performance in association with Caterham Cars. Power comes from a 2.4 liter V8 supercharged engine that produces 500-hp, close to 1,000-per-tonne; nearly double that of the [...]
