Tag: Caterham

Caterham announces its first EV

Today, Caterham has announced the addition of a new model to its lineup, the very first electric car from the brand. The car will be shown off later this year in July at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The car looks pretty identical to other cars from Caterham and will have the same sort of performance as the existing petrol Seve 485, which has 237bhp. Caterham says it’ll have enough […]

Caterham announces new Seven 170, its lightest model yet

A few days ago, British sports car manufacturer Caterham has announced its lightest production car to date with the new Seven 170. The new model weighs just 440kg and a low price too, of £22,990. Caterham is using the Seven 170 as the entry level model in the line up, with it being the most modest too for performance. It has a 660cc turbocharged engine from Suzuki, with 84bhp. 0-60mph […]

Caterham has been sold to VT Holdings in Japan

Earlier this week, news was revealed that Caterham Cars had been purchased by Japanese importer, VT Holdings. The sports car company has been always in British hands since the initial founding around 50 years ago. Prior to the sale, the company had been owned by Team Lotus owner Tony Fernandes since 27 April 2011. VT Holdings isn’t a lesser known company to Caterham, the importer in Japan had been handling the importation […]

Caterham launches new retro inspired Super Seven 1600

Yesterday, Caterham has revealed a new model which includes a few interesting changes which hark back to the company’s first models. The new Super Seven 1600 is availble to order now. Powering the new car is the same engine from the 270, the 1.6-litre Ford Sigma which gives the car 250bhp per ton and it achieves 0-60mph in about five seconds and on to a top speed of 122mph. Like […]