Caterham 7 Reviews

I first travelled in a Lotus 7 32 years ago when a colleague in Guildford took me back to the rail station after work one night. I was hooked from that moment but took all those years to realise my dream. Last year I invested (yes it will be an investment)in a 1800 Caterham Super Seven Sprint tuned to 170 BHP. I bought it pre-owned from a Caterham ...

You just cannot beat the grin you get from a Caterham. You may be considering one for purchase right now, and perhaps, deciding between it and say a Lotus Elise or maybe even a Westfield. Go for the Seven, every time. The Elise may be more practical but it gives you the feeling of driving a "proper" car badly built. ...

If you are worried about building your own 7, don't be. My brother decided to build his own, and found it a doddle. After 40 years, they have it off to a T. The build manual is massive, and is almost as simple as "Fold Tab A into Slot B". You can get all the parts from Caterham, so no rummaging around breakers yards. For the ...

Having loved Westfield’s for years I moved over to the dark side … Caterham. The ethos of Caterham was once explained to me in great detail over a few pints at my local and duly I paid more attention to them now. So much so that every year I religiously go to the stand at the motor shows to pay homage to the cat I will eventually ...

I dont own one of these flying machines which prevents me from telling you all the bad things about it like the Fuel consumption, the Insurance and how totally impractical it is for our climate. However, I have driven one at Brands Hatch recently. I feel I should to tell you about the awesome power to weight ratio and super handling. I drove the ...

I thought about buying a Caterham 7 for 5 or-so years before finally putting my hand in my pocket and forking out for a second-hand Classic VX. My first sighting of this odd little car was on TV with Patrick McGoohan behind the wheel in "The Prisoner". This was a car that marked you as unconventional. Marked you as somebody who ...

Oh my God!! Where did this car come from? What, with doors made out of 3mm plastic, and a power to weight ratio of 404 bhp to a tonne, this car is to be taken lightly. VERY lightly. With the R500 weighing only 460 KGs, and pushing out an awesome 230 bhp from it's 1.8 litre rover k series lump, this car must be up there in that ...

HAving had a 1.4K Series Seven as my first (ish) car I was certainly in at the deep end, considering a Land Rover was my previous mode of transport. Where to begin? This is really a car for the enthusiastic driver who wants to have a laugh getting around. Its looks are the most obvious thing, I thought that it would appeal to the ...