You’ve got roughly £15,000 burning a hole in your pocket, and you really want a Caterham as your next toy. What level of fun can you get for that sort of money? Well, you might be surprised. We sent Callum’s dad on a mission to find out.
In this week’s short video, Callum runs through his top tips for buying your first Caterham.
You may think that an 18 year old, S3 chassis, K-Series engined Caterham with Tillett seats is not a suitable car for a 2,500 mile road trip to Italy. We can tell you though, it is!
Today we’re looking at the Caterham 270 model, and where it fits on our board. We asked a special guest along to review some of the 270’s predecessors. We also take a quick look at geometry, and how small changes can really affect how a Caterham feels on the road.
When we looked at a 1.6 Sigma engined Caterham versus a Porsche Boxster, it did pretty well even in a straight line. But what happens if we take an entry level Duratec car — a 360 — and pit it against a £140,000 Mercedes AMG GT with a 4.0L V8?
Let’s find out shall we! In this short film, we take a look at the ever-popular 1.6L Sigma engined Caterhams, and how they differed very slightly over the years. We test them out in a drag race — and also take the opportunity to find out how they compare to a Porsche Boxter.
We took a 1.6L Sigma-engined Caterham out for a spin, and asked " could this be the best Caterham?"
The only safe way to truly realise just how capable the little Caterham is, is to take it on track. We highly recommend it to all of our customers! The next step is to go racing. As guests of the Caterham Graduates Racing Club at their October 2024 Donington Park meeting, we thought you might like to come along with us, and find out what racing is like from the driving seat.
A Caterham is not at all like your every day ’tin top’ runabout. There’s more or less no sound proofing, so you’re sat in a small tin with an engine and gearbox closer to you than in any other car. This means you’re a lot closer to the action — and a lot more mechanical noises than you’re probably used to.
With its modernised interior, inboard pushrod front suspension, independent rear suspension and a stonking Cosworth Duratec engine, could the immensely powerful CSR 260 be the ultimate road going Caterham? We put a tame former racing driver in one and left him to work it out…
You can put a variety of different wheel sizes on a Caterham — but which size is the “best”? In this short film, we have a special guest to help us work out the answer. Former racing driver and Formula 1 commentator, Ben Edwards, drives our Caterham with 13", 14" and 15" wheels and gives us his thoughts.
On one of our previous YouTube videos, a viewer asked if we could cover cycle wings. They asked about the difference between bonded and bolted, and what the pros and cons might be.