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Caparo T1 debuts at private London show

Lots of cars claim the "race car for the road mantle", but few manage to pull it off with as much authority as the Caparo T1. Bringing all that competition technology to the road isn't easy, though – during one media test drive, the front suspension actually snapped because the journalist riding on that side was heavier than calculated – and the T1 has been in development for years now. Caparo, the conglomerate that financed the T1's development, apparently feels the supercar is ready and has presented it to the public for the ... Read more →

Caparo building two new cars beyond the T1 Damon Lavrinc

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Caparo T1. The British engineering team at Caparo has quickly made a name for itself by diversifying its production and design expertise with the absolutely ...

Caparo touts safety features of T1, mandatory driver's ed. for owners Damon Lavrinc

The recent spate of negative press hampering the Caparo T1 hasn't stopped the makers of the clichéd "road-going racecar" from releasing a host of details outlining the finer points of the T1's ...

Caparo T1 disqualified after taking Top Gear lap record Noah Joseph

Performance figures don't give an accurate picture of just how well a car performs overall. A given car may be the fastest to sixty, but that doesn't mean it has the highest top speed, tightest ...

Jason Plato injured when Caparo T1 bursts into flames at 150 mph Damon Lavrinc

Jason Plato, BTCC champion and Fifth Gear presenter, found himself in the midst of a Caparo T1 barbeque while testing the new supercar at the Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground in Leicestershire. ...

Behind the wheel of the Caparo T1 2 years ago on Autoblog

Although we've covered the entire gestation of the Caparo T1, we've yet to drive it. No surprise, as we'll be the first to admit that it outclasses us in every conceivable way. On the other hand, Nick Hall, the supercar scribe from across the pond, is one of the few motoring journos that actually ...

VIDEO: Caparo T1 in action 2 years ago on Autoblog

We just can't get enough of the Caparo T1. We've surely bored you with all the stats -- performance figures, power-to-weight ratio and engineering geeketry -- but nothing compares to actually seeing the closest thing to a street-legal F1 car making the rounds on a closed circuit. The video after ...

The obession continues: Caparo T1 in final stages of testing 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click the image for more pics. Let's put things into perspective. The Caparo T1 weighs 550 pounds less than a Lotus Elise, while packing a 3.5-liter V8 producing 575 HP. That's 1045 horsepower per ton. Superbikes can barely crack the millennial mark and the Bugatti Veyron is downright portly at 506 ...

Caparo T1 update: 200 HP per liter, no more supercharger 2 years ago on Autoblog

The folks over at Car procured a few shots of the Caparo T1 undergoing testing and have gleaned some interesting information about Gordon Murray's newest masterpiece. First off, the road-going F1 car is living up to its ethos by ditching the supercharger and coming to the party with a naturally ...

First Caparo T1 prototype completed 3 years ago on Autoblog

Caparo Vehicle Technologies has achieved the monumental task of completing the first of two prototypes of its T1 supercar less than a year after the company was formed. We'll remind you that the T1 is a street-legal, ultralight F1-inspired racer designed by ex-McLaren engineers Ben Scott-Geddes and ...

Ex-McLaren F1 designer, Gordon Murray joins Caparo team 3 years ago on Autoblog

When it comes to exotic automotive composites, you won't find a bigger name than Gordon Murray. Murray who led the design team that birthed the McLaren F1 and who was up to his elbows in the development of the McMerc, has made the move to Caparo, producers of the T1 supercar. The move mainly ...

Caparo T1 supercar set for Monaco debut 3 years ago on Autoblog

April 20th will finally see the unveiling of the incredible Caparo T1 supercar at the Top Marques auto show in Monaco. When we posted the original design renderings of the car (then called the Freestream T1) back in February, many of our readers were skeptical that the car would ever see the light ...






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