Caterham
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Not long ago, Caterham was a barely known entity churning out a handful of Lotus Seven roadsters per year. In 2006, a group of ex-Lotus executives took over the company and ran it until 2011 when it was bought by Malaysian businessman Tony Fernandes. Since then, Fernandes has entered Caterham into a number of motorsport categories, including Formula One, launched a number of new divisions, and expanded the company into the road car business. Today, Caterham has announced it is adding one more division to its portfolio of businesses, Caterham Bikes. As the name suggests, Caterham Bikes will...
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Former Caterham CEO Starts Zenos Sports Car Brand
Since stepping down from the CEO position at Caterham a year ago, British businessman Ansar Ali has now revealed details on his next project, which, like Caterham, centers on lightweight track cars. That next project is Zenos Cars, which Ali is co-founder and director of. Ali describes Zenos as a...
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Caterham plans to become real carmaker
They grow up so fast, don't they? Caterham Cars, best known for the minimalist (nee-Lotus) Seven, has announced plans to become a full-line car maker. At the launch of the AeroSeven concept in Singapore, Caterham chairman Tony Fernandes said he wanted to expand the company into a brand with global...
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Caterham AeroSeven Concept Unveiled: A Modern, F1-Inspired Seven
The original Lotus Seven was an inspired concept--completely, utterly minimalistic, in perfect keeping with Colin Chapman's "simplify, then add lightness" ethic. The new Caterham AeroSeven is an extension of that theme into modern Formula 1 technologies and methods. Built around the Caterham Seven...
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Caterham AeroSeven Concept Images Leaked, Due In 2014
Caterham has made quite the business out of selling updated and improved versions of the original Lotus Seven over the past several decades, but recently announced joint-venture with Renault will bring an all-new sports car to the world. This might not be that car, but it's the one that's been...
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Caterham Seven 165 Is For Track Enthusiasts On A Budget: 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show
British track car specialist and Formula One team Caterham is about to expand into the potentially lucrative world of performance road cars and is even eying the launch of a supercar, but the company certainly hasn’t forgotten its roots. Caterham is launching an affordable, entry-level...
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This is our first official look at a new sports car being developed by Caterham in partnership with Renault and due on the market in early 2016. It is a silhouette plastered to the sides of Caterham’s Formula One cars which this weekend are competing at the Italian Grand Prix at the legendary Monza circuit. The silhouette is actually of a concept version of the new sports car which will be revealed at the Singapore Grand Prix taking place on the weekend starting September 21. The silhouette clearly depicts an open-top speedster though the production version of Caterham’s new...
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Entry-Level Caterham Seven 165 To Be Previewed In Frankfurt
British track car specialist Caterham is working on a new entry-level model based on the legendary Lotus Seven chassis. Caterham is targeting a pricetag of approximately 17,000 British pounds (approximately $25,800) and will launch the car on the market early next year. We’ll get our first...
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Caterham’s Entry-Level Seven Coming With Suzuki Three-Cylinder
Caterham recently took the wraps off its most powerful road car to date, the 311-horsepower 620R. However, the British track car specialist is also working on a new entry-level model that it's been revealed today will come powered by a three-cylinder engine supplied by Suzuki. The three-cylinder...
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Caterham Reveals New 620R Ahead Of 2013 Goodwood Festival Of Speed
Though British track specialist Caterham is determined to branch out into the world of production cars, the company hasn’t forgotten its roots and is still developing models based on the legendary Lotus Seven chassis. Its latest is the 2013 620R, which replaces Caterham’s previous R500...
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Caterham Boss Reveals Details On Models Beyond New Sports Car
Caterham, builder of the legendary Lotus Seven track car and a Formula One racing squad, has ambitious plans to expand into the world of road cars. Its Malaysian chairman Tony Fernandes, who founded the airline AirAsia and only bought into Caterham in 2011, wants to turn the brand into the...
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Caterham Confirms 2013 Entry For 24 Hour Of Le Mans
Caterham is continuing its aggressive expansion to become a serious player in both motorsport and the production car world. In addition to its continued participation in GP2 and Formula One racing, the British firm has now confirmed its entry for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. This will be...
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It appears the 24 Hours of Le Mans is shaping up to be the popular arena for automakers to outdo one another once again, with more and more major players returning to the famous endurance race. Joining the likes of Aston Martin, Nissan, Porsche, SRT and Toyota, which have either recently returned to the event or plan to soon, Renault has confirmed today it will field an Alpine-branded prototype in this year’s race. Renault, of course, recently announced plans to revive its Alpine performance brand with a new sports car to be developed in partnership with British firm Caterham. While the...
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Caterham Reveals 2013 F1 Car, Signs Giedo Van Der Garde As New Driver
Caterham is the latest to unveil its race car for the 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship, the new CT03. Along with the reveal, Caterham also announced that Giedo van der Garde, the team's 2012 reserve driver, would be joining Charles Pic in Caterham’s 2013 driver lineup. The Dutch...
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Caterham Sports Car To Be Porsche Cayman Rival: Report
British track car specialist and Formula One constructor Caterham is branching out into the potentially lucrative world of mainstream sports cars, and plans to launch the first of its new generation of 'mainstream' models in the next couple of years. The first of its new sports cars is being...
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Caterham Supersport R Adds More Power To Its Lightness
Caterham's Lotus Seven-styled cars are famous for their uncompromising continuation of the original's legacy, while mixing in some of the best of modern powertrain and other technology. Today, the company's enthusiast cred grows a stronger still, with the introduction of the Supersport R. A more...
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Halo Supercar On The Mind Of Caterham Boss
The ink is barely dry on the deal between Renault and Caterham, which we know will yield both a new Caterham road car and a new Renault Alpine, but Tony Fernandes is already thinking a few steps ahead. In an interview with Autocar, the owner of Caterham Cars (and team principal of Caterham F1) even...
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Renault And Caterham To Build New Alpine Sports Car
At a press conference in Paris this morning, French automaker Renault announced a new partnership with Caterham, the British sports car brand and Formula One constructor. The partnership will see a 50:50 joint venture created, which will be responsible for the development of new sports cars, one of...
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Despite previous claims Renault-Nissan was in talks with Lotus to develop a sports car to spearhead the revival of the Renault Alpine performance marque, a new model thought to also spawn a production version of the Emerg-E concept car for Infiniti, it now appears fellow British performance brand Caterham could be the one Renault-Nissan execs turn to. The information was first reported by Sky News, which claims the boss of Caterham, Malaysian entrepreneur Tony Fernandes, is close to signing a deal with Renault-Nissan for the development and production of the new sports car. The deal is...
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Caterham Teases New Supercharged Track Car
British track car manufacturer Caterham has released a single teaser image for a new model that it describes as the R300’s big brother. The new model is scheduled for its world debut sometime next month and as the teaser reveals, it will be coming with a supercharger. For the uninitiated, the...
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Caterham Planning Higher-End Sports Car: Report
Caterham Cars is best known for building its version of the no-frills, bare-bones Lotus Seven sports roadster. While big on performance and value, Caterham Sevens have never been much for creature comforts, and even with a top and side curtains fitted are best described as “somewhat water...
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CEO of British sports car manufacturer Caterham resigns
The Caterham name may not be all that familiar in the U.S. but over in Europe Caterham is well known for manufacturing a range of lightweight track cars built around the classic Lotus Seven chassis. More recently the British firm has been expanding into the road car business with the launch of its...
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First Customer Caterham SP/300.R Delivered To Dyson Racing ALMS Team
Despite the funky name, the Caterham SP/300.R is a sleek little beastie, built for track days and wheel-to-wheel racing. In the U.S., Dyson Racing has signed on as the car's distributor, and now, the first of the customer cars has shipped. Designed by Caterham and Lola, the car is aimed at...
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Vitaly Petrov To Replace Jarno Trulli At Caterham F1
Caterham F1 Team has finally confirmed that Vitaly Petrov will race for the Anglo-Malaysian team alongside Heikki Kovalainen in the 2012 FIA Formula 1 season. The announcement means that previous driver Jarno Trulli is dropped from the squad as Giedo van der Garde has already been confirmed as the...
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