LAST AUTO NEWS – ELECTRIC SEVEN ON THE CHARGE!
Last Auto account – Electric Seven on the charge! Caterham planning amalgam and electric versions of two-seater and Entry-level CSR 175 archetypal aswell apparent at Tokyo Motor Show
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The clip of a Caterham has consistently been abundant to shock, but now it will be absolutely electric!
The British maker has appear that it’s set to body electric and amalgam versions of its acclaimed two-seater.
While there are no data yet of the ability outputs or the technology supplier, bang-up Ansar Ali has said a array backpack and electric motor will fit beneath the continued beanie with no apparent access in weight.
The electric cars will admission in a one-make chase alternation in 2011, afore abutting the accepted ambit of Ford-powered roadsters in dealers.
Battery costs consistently aerate prices, but the electric models could aperture in beneath the range-topping £40,500 CSR Superlight.
At that price, the Caterham EV would accept few rivals.
The Lotus Elise-based Tesla Roadster weighs in at added than alert as much, while the planned electric adaptation of Audi’s R8 will top £100,000. Honda’s tamer CR-Z hybrid, due in 2010, will accommodate some annealed banking competition, at an accepted £20,000 – but it’s absurd to bout a Caterham’s thrills.
In the meantime, the close looks set to add to its ambit by introducing a new entry-level CSR variant. At the Tokyo Motor Show, the wraps came off the CSR 175, which uses the aforementioned 175bhp 2.0-litre Duratec engine as the Seven Roadsport.
It’s billed as a Japan-only car, but the CSR has been certified to accommodated European standards, which assembly affirmation hints at a approaching accession to the ambit here.
As able-bodied as a added adult absolute bifold wishbone abeyance start-up than the Seven line-up, the CSR gets a plusher interior.
Three versions of the car are awash in the UK at the moment, all powered by a 2.3-litre Cosworth engine. But by application the 2.0-litre unit, the 175 could attenuate the accepted £33,995 access amount to beneath £30,000.
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