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Steward of the Seven, Graham Nearn, passes away at 76

Graham Nearn helped develop and sell the Lotus 7, creating Caterham Cars in 1959 as a retail outlet for the lightweight roadster. After having seen the car through its years of broadcasting fame on the BBC show The Prisoner (that's Nearn on the right with Prisoner star Patrick MacGoohan), he then saved the 7 from the death dealer's axe when Lotus wanted to bury the car in 1973. Nearn took over the manufacturing rights and kept the car true to its origins -- the Caterhams we reported on from Tokyo last week are still Nearn's children. ... Read more →

REPORT: Caterham pursuing electric sports cars? Jeremy Korzeniewski

The same things that makes the cars from British boutique automaker Caterham sporty and fun to drive could also potentially make them excellent choices for alternative powertrains. There's plenty ...

Help design Caterham's next sportscar with Project Splitwheel Noah Joseph

Caterham is making a new sportscar. But we can't tell you what it is, because you haven't designed it yet. The British sportscar company has made its name by producing the Super 7 of Lotus fame ...

Caterham celebrates track days with CDX Limited Edition Seven Jeremy Korzeniewski

click above for high-res gallery of the Caterham CDX Seven Our appreciation for the Caterham as a track day weapon knows no bounds. Although we're be willing to put up with a few inconveniences ...

VIDEO: Autocar pits the Caterham R500 against a Ducati Jeremy Korzeniewski

There's no arguing that the Caterham R500 is an amazing piece of four-wheeled machinery. In fact, it may just be the quickest way around a race track short of a Formula 1 car. We're equally as ...

Caterham celebrates 50 years with Anniversary Pack for the Seven 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click above image for addition high-res shots of the Caterham Seven anniversary package Caterham's letting buyers in on a bit of the fun (as if buying, driving and owning a Seven isn't fun enough) for its Golden Jubilee celebration. An anniversary appearance package will be available for any ...

Caterham to mark the Seven's 50th anniversary with switch to Ford power 3 years ago on Autoblog

British specialist automaker Caterham, stewards of the legendary Lotus Seven ultra-minimalist sports car, have announced a wholesale switch to Ford powerplants from the Rover K-Series engines that have been the mainstay of the marque for the last 15 years. With MG Rover's closing, the clock was ...






Autoblog Podcast #155: 'Twas the night before LA...

Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert go over some LA Preview action and quietly whoop it up on the podcast.

 
 

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