News_Stig Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 TSN News Caterham Launches Veyron baiting New R500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 0-60 is 2.88 seconds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazza_g Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 0-60 is 2.88 seconds so just marginily slower than a Golf GTI ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Jesus!!!.. and you can kill yourself for a misly £37,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 A shed load better than spinning 1M Euros on a Veyron. But I don't think you'd have quite as much luxury in the Caterham... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torino101 Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 What happened to the development of the small V8 Caterham? That seems to have gone quiet again.... With ~500BHP that would even make this R500 look pedestrian.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 I don't think it would though, with all the weight of a V8 in the front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Tempting. Very tempting. But only if the options list includes an ejector seat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drinks Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 What happened to the development of the small V8 Caterham? That seems to have gone quiet again.... With ~500BHP that would even make this R500 look pedestrian.... I think the V8 car is going to take a lot more tweaking, plus that was 115k. This is much more affordable and hence more likely to be used for track days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorburn Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 I don't think it would though, with all the weight of a V8 in the front. I think it was a pair of 4-cylinder bike engines spliced together on a custom block, or something along those lines anyway, so it wouldn't have been much heavier than the current Ford uni. I think I saw it in Evo. It was also fitted to an Ariel Atom I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuits Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 It was also fitted to an Ariel Atom I believe. With a supercharger IIRC !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Isn't the supercharged Atom a Honda or Toyota unit? Bloody quick either way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorburn Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Yep, they do a 300bhp Honda VTEC unit with supercharger. This is the 500bhp one though: http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/02/first-blood-ariel-atom-500-v8/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woppum Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 I would probably go for a Radical SR3 which would be both more cost effective and faster on track... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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