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Caterham Cars is a manufturer of specialist ligheight sports cars based in Caterham Nike Roshe Run Mens , Surrey, England and part of the Briti motor industry. Their only current model, the Caterham 7 (or Seven), is a direct evolution of the Series 3 Lotus Seven designed by Colin Chapman and originally launched in 1968. A trk-only Car, the SP300.R, is to be released during 2010. On 27 April 2011, Team Lotus owner Tony Fernandes announced that his team had purchased Caterham. 1957-2007 Seven 50th Anniversary logo Lotus Origins Colin Chapmans Lotus Cars launched the Series 1 Lotus Seven in 1957. The car was imdiately embred by enthusiasts as a low-cost, ligheight sports car and suessful re car. Revised Series 2, Series 3 and Series 4 versions were subsequently launched in 1960, 1968 and 1970 respectively. Caterham Cars had been a major Lotus 7 dealer during the 1960s, and its founder, Graham Nearn, purchased the rights to continue manufture of the Seven design from Chapman in 1973, after Lotus announced its intention to discontinue the model. Caterham initially restarted manufture of the Lotus Seven Series 4; however, when this proved unpopular, production switched to a Series 3 model in 1974. The LotusCaterham 7 is widely regarded by car enthusiasts and the dia as one of the iconic sports cars of the 20th century. With 2007 marking the 50th year of continuous production, the Seven still enjoys strong support and suess in clubman-style ring. Construction As with its Lotus Seven precursors, Caterhams are constructed of aluminium eet atthed to a tubular steel chassis. Nosecone and wings are either GRP or carbon fibre depending on specification. All Sevens are front engined with rear-wheel drive and o seats. Their extrely high performance is hieved through light weight (less than 500 kg (1,102 lb) on so versions) rather than particularly powerful engines. As well as a ligheight chassis and bodywork, Caterham Sevens hieve their very low mass through their lk of fort and safety oriented features such as a fixed roof, doors Nike Black Friday 2014 , radio, air-conditioning, airbags, trtionstability control, ABS, satellite navigation or cruise control. As a result, the Seven is sowhat limited in its prticality for everyday usage and is instead recognised by driving enthusiasts for its focus on driving enjoynt, making it an ideal trkre car or ‘Sunday car. Kit format Chapman and Lotus helped to pioneer the Briti kit car industry. The Lotus Seven was offered in kit form to allow buyers to avoid new car tax in the UK. Subsequently Caterham continued offering cars in ‘plete knock down (CKD) kit form as the tradition of hand building your own Seven was well establied amongst enthusiasts. Today, all Caterham Sevens are still offered in kit form in the UK except the CSR (Series 6) model. Modern Caterham kits differ from the majority of kit cars as all parts are supplied ready to assemble, not requiring a donor car, fabrication or any special skills. International Although the Seven has always been popular with enthusiasts outside of the UK marketple, export of the Seven to other markets has increasingly been limited by homologation, safety and emissions regulations in the modern era. As a result, the chassisengine binations, specifications, pricing and kit-form availability vary widely beeen countries. In the United States Caterhams are currently sold as kits only, lking so modern safety features required of manufturers, but which are not required for individually assembled vehicles. Buyers can either choose to construct the cars themselves or pay their regional dealers or local builders to assemble them. Typically the engine and transmission are sourced separately as a unit often from Caterham but all other ponents (including fra, suspension, differential, driveaft Nike Black Friday Deals , interior, wiring and instrunts) are provided in kit form. In the UK, the vehicles can be obtained as kits or entirely assembled by Caterham and registered for the road under SVA (Single Vehicle Approval) regulations. In the 60s, the original Lotus Seven was sold only in kit form in both the UK and the US, in order to evade the very high taxes on plete new cars that were not assessed on automobile parts. Location Until 1987 the offices, ftory and owroom of Caterham Cars were located in the town of Caterham, Surrey, UK. In 1987, the production and administration of the pany moved to a new ftory in Dartford, Kent, UK. Caterham Cars still retains a owroom and servicing fility in the town of Caterham adjent to the train station. Additionally ‘Caterham Midlands owroom operates outside of Leicester. In 1994 Caterham also produced a model called the 21′.[3] Mechanically the 21 was very similar to the 7, using a modified 7 spefra chassis with a new GRP roadster-style body, including a wrap-around windscreen and fold-away fabric hood (convertible top) manuftured by Oxted Trimming. The 21 benefited from a considerably stiffer setup than a 7, due to the work on the chassis and having a full body. Comfort was introduced in the sa minimalist style as the 7, adding just enough to make it a proper roadster without adding too much weight. The level of fini and fort as well as build quality of the cars far exceeded its mid-1990s contemporaries including the Renault Sport Spyder, Lotus Elise and indeed the TVRs of the period. Caterham unfortunately underestimated the effort involved in creating a pletely new car and took far too long from its inception to deliver the first custor cars, seeing many people who had pled deposits defect to the Lotus Elise and other vehicles. Early ones were used as “prototypes”, leaving custors to help iron out so of the foibles of the new car. Whilst given excellent reviews by the UK automotive press,[clarification needed] the 21 never sold particularly well, with only 48 ever made. It had moderately good ring suess in the Belcar 24 hour series in Europe and is credited with helping Caterham develo