Caterham Cars is a manufacturer of specialist lightweight Sports Cars based in Caterham, Surrey, UK. Their 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 1973. The Caterham 21 followed in the 90s- a 2 seater soft top whose main competitors were the MGF and Lotus Elise which both sold many more untis. A track-only car, the SP/300.R, a joint Lola project was released for customer testing in 2010 and is scheduled for release in 2013. On 27 April 2011, then-Team Lotus owner Tony Fernandes announced that he had purchased Caterham.
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