12th February, 2006
Never ones to follow tradition, British sports car manufacturer, Caterham, are
to auction a selection of their most celebrated used Sevens (20-27th
February).
In order to make room for a flurry of trade-ins which are expected to begin
arriving in March, the company has chosen to take the somewhat unusual step of
putting some of its more exotic pre-owned models under the hammer.
Just twelve unique examples will be sold off during the weeklong auction.
Highlights include the Superlight R500 that famously smashed the 0-100mph-0
world record in a time of 11.44 seconds (2002) and a special edition Autosport
50th Anniversary 133bhp Roadsport – one of only 9 built.
However, pride of place for motor sport enthusiasts will surely go to the
all-conquering Nürburgring Superlight R400 racecar from 2002.
The ultra-reliable lightweight sports car left a litany of Italian, Japanese
and German supercar muscle in its wake to not only win its class around the
fearsome Nordschleife, but finish 11th overall from a list of 200
starters. So demonstrably quicker than its rivals, Caterham were subsequently
banned from defending the title - being deemed ‘too fast to race’ by
organisers.
Lining up alongside these performance legends is a wide selection of road and
track Caterhams, plus one very special vehicle powered by gravity alone - the
soapbox derby car the firm entered into the famous 2003 Soap Box Challenge!
In traditional auctioneering fashion, the company will host a ‘preview day’
on Saturday February 18th at its Caterham showroom for interested
parties to take a closer look at the assembled ‘lots’.
Other Caterham news: here.
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