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29th July 2008

Caterham Insurance Service

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Caterham Cars has launched “Caterham Insurance” giving owners the most competitive and bespoke cover possible for a Seven.

By offering customers truly tailored insurance, the British manufacturer has fulfilled its desire to provide the complete ownership experience; adding to new and used car sales, servicing, customising, a successful tiered race program and the massively popular Caterham Driving Experience (CDX) days.

Only Sevens qualify for Caterham Insurance. As a result, the policy has been designed to suite all the requirements that are inherent to the lifestyle of the owner, including track day cover* and modifications.

Caterham Sales & Marketing Director, Andy Noble, explains the move: ‘For the thrill of driving and the joy of ownership, the Seven simply can’t be compared to any other vehicle; this is why Caterham believe it can’t be insured the same way. With our own insurance, customers are able to come to one of our showrooms and, whether it’s a new or used car they’re interested in, we can sort a complete deal under one roof.’

As an introductory offer, Caterham Insurance is offering four years no claims bonus to new customers.

Agreed values can be provided for cars over 10 years old and claims can be made 365 days of the year and all repair work is carried out at one of Caterham’s three locations. All policies include free breakdown cover and there’s no excess to pay on windscreen repair or replacement if the work is undertaken by Caterham.

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26th February 2008

Caterham Announces Powerhouse V8 engine delivers 1,000 plus bhp-per-tonne

For those wanting an expression of British sportscar exclusivity, Caterham Cars has joined forces with RS Performance to offer the ultimate in bespoke Seven coachbuilding. Caterham has long been the epitome of personalised motoring with almost every version of the 12,000 Sevens on the road differing from one another. The joint venture takes that famous philosophy to an altogether new level.

RS Performance is an exclusive, niche engineering house. Born out of the passion and pedigree of its founder, Russell Savory, it will offer an ‘everything is possible’ service to Caterham customers wanting cars truly ‘built to order’.

Using the motorsport-honed Caterham chassis and benchmark technology as a cosmetic and engineering base, RS Performance, will “turn imagination into reality,” says Savory.

The heartbeat of every RS-monikered Seven will be the unique RST-V8 engine. With more than 16 years of development behind it by Russell Savory, the 40-valve, 2.4 litre engine reliably delivers an incredible 400bhp in normally aspirated mode, or over 500bhp as a supercharged varient, whilst weighing only 90kg in full running gear.

The unbridled lightness of the RST-V8 matched to the already featherweight Seven chassis delivers a power-to-weight ratio of over 1000bhp per tonne – more than double of a Bugatti Veyron. This unique partnership will be open to customers looking for the ultimate in exclusivity, and carry a price tag to reflect the tailoring, detail and hand-built craftsmanship that will go into every RS-badged Caterham.

Validation of the engineering house’s abilities comes in the form of the supercharged ‘Levante’. This is the first Seven to rollout of RS Performance’s Hertfordshire doors and which only seven more of this type will be available.

With a 12 week waiting time and costing over £115,000, this supercharged engineering masterpiece boasts a modern interpretation of the Seven’s classic looks with a sophisticated electronics package with traction and launch control to help get the phenomenal power to the floor. Weight reduction runs throughout the car, from the carbon fibre interior finished with Kevlar seats down to the hosing used on the cooling systems
The RS Performance badge will sit alongside the established, and soon to be expanded, Ford powered Caterham Seven range.

“Caterham and Russell Savory have a long history, and this seemed a natural progression of that relationship and shared engineering philosophy,” explained Ansar Ali, Caterham Cars managing director.

RS Performance RST-V8 Engine Technical Specification

Configuration
90° V8

Capacity
2.4 litre

Valves
40

Construction
Aluminium main frame with dry sump

Max Power
380 bhp @10,000rpm / 500+bhp @ 10,000rpm (supercharged)

Max Torque
190 lbsft @ 8500rpm / 300 lbsft@ 8500rpm (supercharged)

Gearbox
6-speed

Overall length
45.6mm

Overall width
45.6mm

Height
48mm

Weight
90kg