Caterham's Superlight returns
Light, fast, and still pin-sharp
  Get your motor running... |
Caterham has confirmed the launch of a new model in its Superlight range. Ten years after the original first appeared, the original Superlight is back in production, starting later this year.
The back-to-basics, hear-it-before-you-see-it, Superlight that will get you to 60mph in under five seconds is back. It combines the lightweight 1.8 litre X-Power K-series engine with pin-sharp handling and a race-bred legacy of stripping all but the essentials -- windscreen, heater and carpets are all options.
Like its predecessors, the new Superlight delivers telepathic steering, high revving performance, slick gear changes and frenetic acceleration, packaged in a vehicle that is entirely focused on the driving and handling.
The Superlight delivers a maximum 124lb-ft of torque at 5,000rpm and packs the same power to weight ratio as the Ferrari 360 Spider.
Standard equipment centres on handling and performance. Thirteen-inch motorsport wheels with Avon’s CR500 tyres, as used in the Caterham Roadsport race series, are coupled to adjustable suspension and uprated brakes. The driver sits in a race seat, held securely in place by a four-point harness and controlling the car through a Momo steering wheel and shifting via Caterham’s bespoke 6-speed gearbox.
The options list is long and includes windscreen, heater and weather gear for the road orientated owner, or dry sump, track day roll-over bar and fire extinguisher, for those who spend more time at the circuit. Caterham lists its options by price and, in line with the weight-saving ethos, also by weight.
Priced at £19,995 in partial built form, or £22,450 fully built, deliveries of the new Caterham Superlight will begin from October 2005.
From the 0-60 time and price I'd be surprised if that is anything more powerful than the R300. 
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