All-new Caterham sports car
Jan 13, 2011 | 06:48 AM
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All-new Caterham sports car
Just saw this in the Evo mag website.
Caterham reveals an all-new car to sell alongside Seven, the SP/300R, developed with Lola
By Stephen Dobie13th January 2011
Meet the first all-new Caterham in almost two decades. Unlike the underachieving 21 though, the new SP/300R is no road-going sports car to rival the Lotus Elise – it’s an exceedingly potent track car to take on Radicals and Westfields.
SP stands for Sports Prototype, signifying its body style, while the 300 denoting its power output in brake horsepower. The 300bhp is served up by a supercharged version of Ford’s 2-litre in-line four Duratec engine. It sits in the middle of the SP/300R, making this Caterham’s first mid-engined car.
It has been developed with Lola, a fellow British sports car maker with great single-seater experience. The chassis is an aluminium tub while the bodywork is made of polyurethane. The suspension setup consists of double wishbones with pushrod-actuated dampers. The SP/300R has a target weight of 550kg.
The engine is linked up to a paddle-shift operated sequential gearbox (with six speeds), and in combination with that low weight, 0-60mph is said to take just 2.5sec, while the top speed is 170mph.
Standard kit includes full MSA regulation kit – an FIA-approved roll cage, six-point harness, fire extinguisher and cut-off switch – as well as a digital dashboard, AP Racing brakes and air jacks, making this good value in its market, according to Caterham bosses. It will cost £60,000 (before VAT), and just 25 will be built this year, all of them heading to motorsport for a UK-based one-make championship in 2012.
There are no plans to produce a road-going version as yet, the car designed to be a powerful track special for Seven owners to aspire to (note its Seven-esque grille above the front splitter). It also hikes up Caterham’s profile elsewhere, especially in emerging markets with new motorsport circuits, where the Seven’s undeniable talents are less well known.
The Caterham SP300/R has been unveiled at the 2011 Autosport show at Birmingham’s NEC. You can read more on the show’s star cars in the next issue of evo, on sale February 2.
Source : All-new Caterham SP/300R sports carnews and pictures | evo
Caterham reveals an all-new car to sell alongside Seven, the SP/300R, developed with Lola
By Stephen Dobie13th January 2011
Meet the first all-new Caterham in almost two decades. Unlike the underachieving 21 though, the new SP/300R is no road-going sports car to rival the Lotus Elise – it’s an exceedingly potent track car to take on Radicals and Westfields.
SP stands for Sports Prototype, signifying its body style, while the 300 denoting its power output in brake horsepower. The 300bhp is served up by a supercharged version of Ford’s 2-litre in-line four Duratec engine. It sits in the middle of the SP/300R, making this Caterham’s first mid-engined car.
It has been developed with Lola, a fellow British sports car maker with great single-seater experience. The chassis is an aluminium tub while the bodywork is made of polyurethane. The suspension setup consists of double wishbones with pushrod-actuated dampers. The SP/300R has a target weight of 550kg.
The engine is linked up to a paddle-shift operated sequential gearbox (with six speeds), and in combination with that low weight, 0-60mph is said to take just 2.5sec, while the top speed is 170mph.
Standard kit includes full MSA regulation kit – an FIA-approved roll cage, six-point harness, fire extinguisher and cut-off switch – as well as a digital dashboard, AP Racing brakes and air jacks, making this good value in its market, according to Caterham bosses. It will cost £60,000 (before VAT), and just 25 will be built this year, all of them heading to motorsport for a UK-based one-make championship in 2012.
There are no plans to produce a road-going version as yet, the car designed to be a powerful track special for Seven owners to aspire to (note its Seven-esque grille above the front splitter). It also hikes up Caterham’s profile elsewhere, especially in emerging markets with new motorsport circuits, where the Seven’s undeniable talents are less well known.
The Caterham SP300/R has been unveiled at the 2011 Autosport show at Birmingham’s NEC. You can read more on the show’s star cars in the next issue of evo, on sale February 2.
Source : All-new Caterham SP/300R sports carnews and pictures | evo
Jan 13, 2011 | 06:52 AM
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I kinda love it but cant wrap my head about a Caterham that is not a 7. All in all this is a LOLA and that is not a bad thing, but for some reason I like Radical more and don't understand why either.
Jan 13, 2011 | 09:03 AM
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^^^^^Thats the LOLA B11/40 
This is the new LMP2 car for 2011 and will also be in the 24 hour of LeMans. Still could not find a live pic all I found was the renderings that LOLA posted back in summer.
and the choice of engines for LMP2 will be:
In alphabetical order
· BMW V8
· Ford 2.0litre turbo
· HPD V6 turbo
· Jaguar V8 N/A
· Judd V8 N/A
· Nissan V8 N/A
· Toyota V8 N/A
This is the new LMP2 car for 2011 and will also be in the 24 hour of LeMans. Still could not find a live pic all I found was the renderings that LOLA posted back in summer.and the choice of engines for LMP2 will be:
In alphabetical order
· BMW V8
· Ford 2.0litre turbo
· HPD V6 turbo
· Jaguar V8 N/A
· Judd V8 N/A
· Nissan V8 N/A
· Toyota V8 N/A
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Jan 13, 2011 | 04:04 PM
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What? Not street legal? I was going to say great competition for the Radical SR3 Turbo, but it loses by default. But as driving either on the road is pointless a track comparison would still be interesting. I would bet on the SR3 Turbo.
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