Caterham Cars is about to launch its most extreme ‘Seven’ to date at the Goodwood Festival of Speed (July 12-14), a model that will also mark the 40 years of this by now iconic car. The exact name of the car is Caterham Seven 620R, and it will be Caterham F1 Team driver Charles Pic to drive it up the famous Goodwood hill along with reserve driver and Caterham Racing GP2 driver Alexander Rossi.
The Caterham Seven 620R is powered by a 2.0-litre supercharged Ford Duratec enginecapable of producing 310 horsepower and 296 Nm of maximum torque, enough to push the car from 0 to 60 mph (96 km/h) in less than 2.8 seconds on its way to a top speed of 155 mph (250 km/h). The car features a unique gunmetal chassis, an air-flow optimised nose cone, a race-developed cooling package, high-performance dampers all round and a set of 13” alloy wheels fitted with track-inspired Avon ZZR tyres. As for the interior, the 620R will boast performance-focused instrumentation, ergonomic switchgear, carbon fibre interior panels and dash, carbon fibre race seats and a Q/R race steering wheel.
Priced at £ 49,995, the 620R will sit at the top of the current range - replacing the legendary Superlight R500 - but like all Sevens it is meant to deliver ‘accessible fun’ and the traditional Caterham minimalistic, lightweight approach to engineering. While the launch edition of the Seven 620 features the sportier ‘R’ pack, a slightly less extreme ‘S’ pack will be launched later this year. Orders are now being taken for the Caterham Seven 620R, with first deliveries expected later this year.
from Eurocarblog
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