Goodwood Motor Racing Circuit
8th August 2017
Photos – Jed Leicester
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LIMITED EDITION RETRO RACER
- Retro-soaked, race-inspired Seven SuperSprint starts at £29,995 OTR
- Only 60 limited editions on sale from today
- The vintage racing inspired Seven offers 95bhp and is available in six different paint schemes
- Both single-seater and twin-seater versions available
Caterham has unveiled the new, limited edition Seven SuperSprint at this weekend’s Goodwood Revival as part of its 60th-anniversary celebrations.
Reflecting the anniversary, 60 SuperSprints destined for the UK and European markets go on sale today, completing the pair of special models that have topped and tailed the anniversary year. The similarly retro Seven Sprint was launched at the same event 12 months ago, with all 60 cars sold within a week, quickly becoming the fastest selling Caterham Seven to date.
Offering the ultimate in gentleman racer style, alongside the hearty power of its 95bhp Caterham Works Racing-tuned, three cylinder engine, the Seven SuperSprint is as at home on the road as it is on the circuit.
A unique Brooklands windscreen, quilted and stitched seats trimmed in Innes tan Scottish Muirhead leather, a wooden-rimmed sports steering wheel, and 1960s-style racing livery ensures that the driving experience is nothing short of sepia-toned race nostalgia.
The Seven SuperSprint is available in six paint schemes, all featuring their own signature colour and named after classic race circuits including Aintree (green with orange noseband), Hockenheim (silver with red noseband) and Imola (red with white noseband).
With 1960’s race style front of mind, Caterham has also created a single-seater option, which comes complete with a tonneau cover for the more serious pilot looking to strip out as much weight as possible.
Graham Macdonald, Caterham Chief Executive Officer, said: “Motorsport and the purist thrill of driving a lightweight race car is in the Caterham Seven’s DNA and are elements that run like a thread through every car we build today, 60 years after the first Seven was made.
“We started our 60th anniversary year with the glorious throwback Sprint – aimed at the more discerning chap or lady driver. As we approach the end of our year of celebration, it makes perfect sense that the car bookending the celebrations is a racer of a similar vein.”
Simon Lambert, Chief Motorsport and Technical Officer, added: “Like the Sprint, this is unquestionably the Seven Caterham would have developed if we had been here in the mid-sixties – and it benefits from being injected with the passion and power of the modern incarnation. The visual appeal of our new baby is only outclassed by a driving experience that puts you straight behind the goggles of Stirling Moss and Innes Ireland.”
SUPERSPRINT SPECIFICATION
Available as:
| Single-seater | Twin-seater | ||||
| · 95bhp Caterham Works Racing tuned three cylinder engine
· Caterham Works Racing developed live rear axle with A-frame · Race inspired suspension package with adjustable platforms · Limited slip differential · Extended front cycle wings · Quilted, stitched seat, trimmed in Innes tan Scottish Muirhead leather · Single Brookland’s aero screen & wing mirrors · Single 4 point race harness · Le Mans style mesh grille and side intake · 1960’s inspired full racing livery |
· 95bhp Caterham Work Racing tuned three cylinder engine
· Caterham Works Racing developed live rear axle with A-frame · Race inspired suspension package with adjustable platforms · Limited slip differential · Extended front cycle wings · Quilted, stitched seat, trimmed in Innes tan Scottish Muirhead leather · Twin Brookland’s aero screens & wing mirrors · Twin 4 point race harnesses · Le Mans style mesh grille and side intake · 1960’s inspired full racing livery |
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| In six 1960’s inspired paint schemes
(fully painted body and wings) |
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| Aintree
(Dark green with orange noseband) |
Hockenheim (Silver with red noseband) | Imola
(Red with white noseband) |
Watkins Glen (White with Gulf racing stripes) | Dijon
(Navy blue with white noseband) |
Zandvoort (Light green with black roundels) |
Overview of the full specification:
| ENGINE |
| 95bhp three cylinder engine with an overhead camshaft, radiator, electric fan and turbo |
| TRANSMISSION |
| Full synchromesh with five forward gears and single reverse gear |
| Limited slip differential |
| BRAKES |
| Front disc brakes with twin piston callipers |
| Rear drum brakes |
| SUSPENSION |
| SuperSprint race inspired suspension package with adjustable platforms |
| Caterham Works Racing developed live rear axle with A-frame |
| Bilstein shock absorbers |
| WHEELS AND TYRES |
| 14” wheel finished in cream |
| The Avon tyre company 155/65R14 radial ZT5 tyres |
| INTERIOR |
| Unique dashboard finished in Innes Tan with SMITHS dials and shift light |
| Quilted stitched seats trimmed in Innes Tan, Scottish Muirhead leather |
| Innnes Tan textured, powder coated interior panels |
| Wooden rimmed 12” Moto-Lita steering wheel |
| 4 point racing harnesses |
| Bespoke sixties inspired battery master cut off switch |
| Exposed body coloured tunnel top |
| Interior heating system |
| Push button start |
| 12V accessory socket |
| Unique numbered dash plaque |
| EXTERIOR |
| Brookland’s aero screen |
| Extended front cycle wings |
| Silver Le Mans style mesh grille and side intake |
| Polished exhaust |
| Classic silver interior and side mounted mirrors |
| Classic rear lights and non-louvered bonnet |
| Period grey coloured chassis and suspension |
| Full racing livery including roundel and sponsor decals |
Optional equipment:
| WEATHER PROTECTION | PRICE |
| Full polished windscreen with Mohair hood and sidescreens (in lieu of Brookland aero screens) | £1,995 |
| INTERIOR | PRICE |
| Lowered floors | £495 |
| Sidescreen armrests trimmed in Innes Tan, Scottish Muirhead leather | £170 |
| EXTERIOR | PRICE |
| Stainless steel rear wing guards | £40 |
| Twin seater Mohair tonneau cover (standard on single seater) | £330 |
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