7:50 pm, March 8, 2011
SPORTS car firm Caterham is reporting strong take-up for its dramatically-styled Caterham-Lola SP/300.R racing car.
The company has said that 14 of the 25 cars built for this year have already been sold, just over one month after the car was unveiled.
Caterham committed to build only 25 of the lightweight, 300bhp sports prototype racers a year in order to focus on enhancing build quality and maintaining its acclaimed one-to-one customer service.
The SP/300.R, which has been aerodynamically styled and engineered by Caterham Cars, will form the basis of its own one-make race championship in 2012.
Caterham Cars managing director, Ansar Ali, said: ‘We are delighted with the way the car was received at the Autosport show. It’s the first new model Caterham has built for 15 years but, even so, we were bowled over by the reaction and the interest, which led to several deposits being placed almost immediately.
‘There are many more people who have registered their interest in buying the remaining 11 cars so I’d anticipate that our order book will be filled quite soon.’
