Live Out Your Retro Racer Dreams With The Caterham Seven Supersprint
The Goodwood Revival is taking place this weekend, which means many tweed-attired individuals will descend upon Goodwood Circuit to watch old, often extremely valuable racing cars giving it what for. And at this historic racing event, Caterham has just revealed something that’ll let you pretend to be one of those a well-heeled gentlemen racing drivers for a more attainable sum.
It’s called the Seven Supersprint, and it’s been treated to a 1960s style racer makeover, complete with racing numbers and cream-coloured, 14-inch steel wheels.
On the inside, you’ll find quilted, Scottish Muirhead leather-trimmed seats, and a wooden steering wheel. Want to complete the look/don’t have any friends? You can spec the Supersprint as a single seater, with a smart-looking tonneau cover for the missing chair.
It uses the same Suzuki-sourced 660cc inline-three as the equally retro-vibed Sprint, but thanks to a little fiddling from Caterham Works Racing, it’s good for 95bhp here, up from 80. Doesn’t sound like much, but it won’t have much metal to propel: Caterham hasn’t released weight figures for this thing yet, but it’s worth pointing out the similarly-configured Sprint weighs just 490kg.
Like what you see? It’s on sale now from £29,995 on the road. Just 60 will be made, tying in with Caterham’s 60th anniversary celebrations.
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James May Intensifies
Retro and low powered? He probably had 4 on the way
But it’s not beige
Side effects include dog-like face.
And addiction to leather and tweed flat caps
Erm, aren’t ALL Caterhams “60s racer inspired”?
You truly got us there, mate.
Surely the roll bar isn’t strictly necessary? I mean, aren’t 1950’s racing drivers supposed to face their impending doom like men? :-P
Who cares? It looks fricking awesome!
It’s beautiful
It’s not often you can say you have 200bhp/ tonne with less than half as much horsepower alone.
Hey caterham set one aside for me… thanks
Hmmmnnnn; I felt this when the Suzuki-engined 160 came out a few years ago, but the same applies here; if you want a small, chuckable, no-nonsense 2-seater sports car with a 3-cylinder Suzuki engine…then what’s wrong with the Cappuccino? Good ones go for between £4-5K, a lot cheaper than the 160’s £19K new asking price.
More cars like this 🅱lease
60 will be made
the rest will be replicated
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