New EV Caterham

[Stephen W.]

https://www.goodwood.com/grr/event-c...-ev-sportscar/

[Ohio Enthusiast]

2+1 seating?...

[Stephen W.]

Originally Posted by Ohio Enthusiast

2+1 seating?...

At first I thought that was a neat idea. With no driveshaft hump and room between the front seats a real, live human would fit. Then I saw the photos from the Top Gear article. Looks like no room between or behind the seats so that's a from me.









https://www.topgear.com/car-news/ele...ost-less-ps80k

[bcj]

Need a fuzzy seat delete option and a cargo net and tray to be actually useful.

[Irace86.2.0]

Originally Posted by Red-86

So, is Caterham basically going to create the EV Elise that Lotus never did? That would be cool. The Emira is cool, but it has morphed into more of a luxury GT sports car to compete with the Cayman, and there is nothing on the new market like the Elise left in terms of being purely sports focused, light and tiny.

...Beat Lotus to what Lotus has planned. Lotus has said it will be moving to EVs for all future models after the Emira. Whether those would be GTs like the Evora/Emira or more classic Lotuses is yet to be seen. If I had to guess, I bet Lotus will be moving on and competing more directly with the Cayman in quality/weight/power, but they aren't going to have the means of manufacturing batteries in-house like VAG or being able to directly compete with Porsche, so they will likely need to best the Cayman in more than just the feel/handling. I think they will try to keep weight down across multiple models in order to stand out, and they will use SUV EV sales to build the bulk of their revenue, so they can produce sports cars and keep the ethos of the brand alive.

There is talk that the next Cayman will be EV and the 911 will be hybrid, and much of the industry is moving to EVs, so Caterham is trying to beat everyone to an "affordable" sporty vehicle, and in this case, to a sports coupe that lives up to that title--light weight and good power-to-weight. I'm a huge fan of the Design-1 from Jannarelly, and Jannarelly's involvement into this design seems obvious. It definitely ticks a lot of boxes for me. If the price was right, I would be interested. As it stands, I would have to drive the car to know if it was worth the money, but I would also consider waiting to see what comes from larger manufactures once the EV market matures. In the end, this might be too bare bones and too exotic in materials to have much direct competition at this power/weight/price.

And that is my rub with figuring out what this car is all about. I think many manufactures are using this market change to attract investors, get government grants and/or to rebrand themselves. What is Caterham trying to do?

[Irace86.2.0]

[Lantanafrs2]

Trying to stay relevant

[Stephen W.]

The electric SEVEN went up the hill. Unfortunately in the rain. I've found no sign of any videos of it as yet.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by Stephen W.

The electric SEVEN went up the hill. Unfortunately in the rain. I've found no sign of any videos of it as yet.

Yeah, I have been looking too and nothing so far. Even looks like a camera on the rollbar

[Racecomp Engineering]

That back seat is perfect for a dog.

- Andrew

[Irace86.2.0]

[Sasquachulator]

Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

from that thumbnail angle it looks like they took design inspiration from the last generation Mitsubishi Eclipse coupe.....

[Irace86.2.0]

Originally Posted by Sasquachulator

from that thumbnail angle it looks like they took design inspiration from the last generation Mitsubishi Eclipse coupe.....

Jannarelly took inspiration from previous Caterham concepts mostly.

[Taurim]

The previous design was the Caterham C120 on a common platform developed with Alpine for the A110.



Caterham did not had enough money to complete the project but Alpine (Renault) did with a design inspired by the original A110 from the sixties/seventies.



https://www.topgear.com/car-news/bri...-car-never-was