CATERHAM SEVEN RANGE (1997-TO DATE)caterham七个区间(1997年至今)
Few cars divide opinion quite like a Caterham.车数相当像个caterham舆论鸿沟. Most people can?t see the point of all that inconvenience and discomfort.大多数人可以吗?看到这一切笔点不便和不适. For committed fans however, that?s just an inevitable byproduct of the light weight, snake-hipped take-no-prisoners attitude of the Seven.不过歌迷对犯,为何?收盘仅必然产物重量轻、蛇砌筑起飞禁犯人的态度7. These owners tend to look after their cars very well, so tracking down a decent used Seven isn?t particularly difficult, although you may have to travel to do so.这些车的车主往往照顾得很好,体面用来追踪等七个渡?笔特别困难,尽管你可能有这样的旅行.
HISTORY历史
We could delve right back to 1973 in talking about the history of the Caterham Seven, the moment the company acquired the rights to the Seven name from Lotus.到1973年,我们可以专注于谈论右背历史的caterham7、目前该公司拥有7名来自荷花权利. Over forty years of development don?t look to have changed the cars significantly, but virtually everything has changed.四十多年的发展鲍思?展望笔大大改变了车,但几乎已经改变. For the purposes of brevity, we?ll limit our trawl back through history to 1997 and take a look at the cars that have been built since then.简洁的目的,我们?我们通过限制拖网回当地历史、1997看一看,车已建成踪迹. 1997 has been chosen because that was the year the wonderful Superlight-R was introduced, fitted with a 190bhp 1.8-litre K-Series HPD engine.1997年被选定为妙,因为超受体推出配备190bhp1.8公升的K系列发动机住房. A slightly less manic Superlight followed in 1999, fitted with a 138bhp 1.6-litre K-series powerplant to supplement the rest of the Caterham range.超躁狂较明确遵循1999年配备138bhp1.6公升的K系列电站caterham补充其余的射程.
At the time, this consisted of 1.4 and 1.6-litre Classic models, equipped with live rear axles and the more sophisticated de Dion-equipped Roadsport models in which 1.6 and 1.8-litre 160bhp VVC engined engines were offered.在当时,这包括1.4和1.6升经典型号配备更先进的居住尾轴德二酮装备型号roadsport其中1.6和1.8公升引擎,160bhp假丝酵母菌引擎80707. 2001 saw the introduction of the wider SV cars, which allowed those of slightly more generous proportions to enjoy Seven motoring and shortly thereafter came the roll out of the R500, R400 and R300 rocketships.2001年引进的广泛蝎车让那些稍微宽松比例享受驾驶和此后不久来到七册出的r500,r300码和rocketships. A special R500 Evo model was shown in 2003, chiefly to win Autocar?s 0-100-0 crown, but the big news in Seven circles was the October 2004 announcement of the more modern CSR series of cars.特别r500evo模型显示,2003年汽车主要赢?收盘0-100-0冠、七界的大新闻,但在2004年10月公布的<社会责任更现代系列轿车.
WHAT YOU GET 什么才叫 
At first glance, not a lot.乍一看,没有怨言. There doesn?t appear to be much more to a Caterham than four wheels, an engine, some suspension and a rudimentary interior but that?s exactly the point.因此不惜?笔似乎是一个更比caterham四个轮子,一个发动机,一些暂时的,但起码内政部?刚好点收盘. Anything more just dilutes the experience.什么是冲淡了经验. The downside of Caterham ownership is undoubtedly the impracticality.坏处caterham所有权无疑是务虚的. Loiter around the showroom in Caterham (strangely enough) and you?ll encounter numerous hardy types who run one as their only car, dismissing as fey any complaints that it?s a bit uncompromising.游荡周围陈列室caterham(奇怪)你?许多经营者遇到当地耐寒种类之一作为唯一车由于飞龙解雇任何投诉?收盘有点不妥. If you?re a genuine trooper, you can track down a car without a windscreen, hood or doors and drive around in a Biggles helmet and goggles.如果你?真正的老兵重,你可以追踪汽车的挡风玻璃,罩或门和左右径一biggles头盔和眼罩. Most will prefer something a little less heroic.最会宁愿少一些英雄. The doors fitted to the Caterhams only barely justify the description, being vinyl flaps that affix with a popper and to which the door mirrors are attached.车门装配的caterhams勉强辩解描述乙烯基瓣,被贴上了波普尔、内门镜盛况空前. The rear view can therefore be a little fuzzy, the best tactic being to travel faster than any posterior hazard.后方观故可以有点模糊,最好的策略是危险的旅行速度比任何后路.
WHAT YOU PAY 您付出
A minefield.雷. No two Caterhams ever seem to be exactly alike, such is the bespoke nature of the specification and build process, so quoting prices for given models tends to be an academic exercise.caterhams以往似乎是两个不完全相同,这是预订性质的规格和建设过程中,所以标价为模范往往是由于一项学术活动. All Caterhams hold their value extremely well, so once you?ve got your target car identified, trawl the internet, speak to Caterham directly and try to source an honest example.各持其价值caterhams非常好,一旦你?你得确定目标汽车味,拖网互联网直接发言caterham尝试来源诚实榜样. You?ll probably end up paying more for the car and less for insurance than you first imagined but the experience is unlikely to disappoint.你?当地可能落得付出了更多的汽车保险比你少一次,但经验是不可能想象的失望.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR 寻找什么
The first and most important thing to look out for is a full service history.第一、最重要的是寻找全面服务的历史. Few Caterhams cover big mileages, so look for a car that?s been well looked after.caterhams封面大哩数,所以找车?收盘得到很好的照顾. Surface corrosion can afflict the lower bodywork where an electrolytic reaction between the steel chassis rails and the aluminium bodywork can cause some bubbling but it?s not a big issue.表面腐蚀折磨下车体凡能电解反应之间的铁轨钢底盘和铝制车身,但可能导致一些鼓泡?收盘不是个大问题. Hoods are usually fine, although it?s worth inspecting one for signs of rips and tears.头套通常罚款,尽管它?值得一收盘考察迹象核糖泪水. Try to make sure the car has been garaged and listen to the clutch and the rear axle for signs of noise.尽量做到车已停置,听取和离合器后车轴噪音迹象.
Unlike many cars, the fact that a Caterham has seen track day action is usually the sign of a good owner!与许多汽车到了行动当天caterham有了轨道通常拥有一个良好的迹象! Servicing needs to be conducted on the button, every 12,000 miles as the foam in the sump can break up, blocking oil lines.需要进行维修的366每12000英里的泡在水池可以打破封锁石油线路. Check the oil pressure of the car you?re looking at and also take a good look at suspension alignment and tyre wear.检查油压车吗?再看看,又在看清楚悬浮对准和轮胎磨损. The R500 model is a specialist beast and needs an engine refresh after 3,000 track miles or 10,000 road miles.该模型是专门r500兽和需要更新后的引擎跟踪3000英里或一万英里路. This costs £4,000, so if you see a tempting looking R500 at about 10,000 or 20,000 miles, find out if you?re about to be saddled with this bill.这4000英镑的费用,因此,如果你看到一个诱人展望r500约10000英里或20,000,看看你们?即将再度饱受本条例.
Otherwise it?s fairly easy to see what?s up with a Caterham.否则?收盘轻而易举看看?出了caterham收盘. As regards personal preferences, some prefer the classic flared wing look but these are increasingly falling from vogue.至于个人喜好,有的喜欢看,但这些都是典型发作翼掉下日益盛行. The so-called bicycle-wing cars are far better for serious track use, as the wings do not trap air.所谓自行车翼好得多严重轨道车使用,由于没有翅膀空中陷阱. On very high speed corners, this can lead to noticeable understeer.对极高速角落,这可导致明显understeer.
REPLACEMENT PARTS 替换零件
(approx based on a 2003 R300 ex Vat) A headlamp will set you back a manageable £82 while an alternator is still sensible money at £180.(r300大约2003年前的增值税)前照灯定你回应付英镑1982年虽然仍是一个明智的金钱发电机180英镑. Caterhams aren?t hard on brake pads but even if you do chew through a set you?ll only be looking at a replacement cost of £60 up front and £23 at the back.caterhams西哈莫尼?笔硬刹车皮但即使你通过一套嚼你?当地只能看重置成本英镑1960年起23年前,英镑在后面. A starter motor is £95 and a complete replacement hood retails at a reasonable £220.起动电机是一种完全取代英镑95和零售罩在一个合理的220英镑. No nasty shocks there.不难看震荡.
ON THE ROAD 在路上
Even in a Classic 1.4, performance is strong, but opt for something like an R300 and it?s positively outrageous, accelerating to 60mph in 4.7 seconds and on to a top speed of 130mph.即使在一个典型1.4,表现强劲,但选择这样一个r300它?收盘正面离谱,在四月七日至60mph加速到秒,最高时速达130mph. It?s the way it gets there that recalibrates your gyros.?这样盘整,收盘重新矫正你有陀螺. Fiddle with the immobiliser, grope for the ignition barrel, press the fire button and ignite the MG Rover X-Power 1.8-litre engine and you soon become aware that this is like nothing you?ve experienced before.拨弄了锁,摸索了点火桶按下按钮,点燃火毫克孚X射线功率1.8公升引擎,你很快意识到这是你喜欢什么?经历前味. The exhaust assaults you with a sonic barrage quite at odds with the engine?s modest capacity.排气声波攻击你眼花了截然不同的发动机?收盘温和容量. Despite years of experience in all manner of exotic cars, my mouth has suddenly gone a little dry.尽管多年经验的种种奇特车,嘴巴居然有点干燥. My size twelves feel like clown shoes in the diminutive pedal box and my thighs rub against the bottom of the steering wheel.我喜欢大小<十二小丑鞋箱和我的爱称踏板大腿蹭底部方向盘. If you?re as well acquainted with the offerings of Colonel Sanders as I am, perhaps the SV may suit you a little better.如果你?如再熟悉冥桑德斯上校本人,也许你适合蝎毒能更好一点. The three point seat belt pins you to the glass fibre shell that serves as a seat and it genuinely feels as if you?ve strapped the car on rather than vice versa.3点安全带别针给您作为玻璃纤维壳,而且座位如果你真正体会吗?维生素E捆绑在车内,而不是相反.
On the move, you?re astonished by the directness of the steering.关于举动,你呢?再惊讶的直接督导. Think of a line and the Superlight is on it, the dinner plate sized steering wheel sending the most delicious feedback to the driver.想起了一条线,这是超、板型方向盘送晚餐最可口的反馈给司机. Everything seems alien.一切都显得格格不入. You can watch the front suspension doing its stuff and feel the car delicately shifting balance, your body mass perched almost on top of the rear axle.你可以做自己的东西看着面前悬浮轿车微妙感觉移平衡你体重差不多滞后车轴之上. At first, each tentative thrust of the accelerator merely results in gales of disbelieving laughter but confidence quickly builds followed by a feeling of invincibility.起初暂定每推力加速器大风的成绩只是笑,但不相信很快建立起信任感其次无敌. Narrow country lanes disappear in a blur, the insistent bark of the exhaust rebounding off verges.国家一抹狭窄小巷消失,而执意树皮反弹客濒于排气. Then you notice a Kia Mentor behind impatiently wishing to get by.然后你会发现后面急不可耐恩师起亚欲过关. Let?s just say that a Caterham does, to the uninitiated, make 35mph seem really very spectacular.让?收盘仅说caterham那样的门外汉,做出35mph似乎真的很壮观.
Driving a Caterham solely on the road is a little like buying a top line set of thirteen Ping golf clubs and using them exclusively at your local pitch and putt.在道路上驾驶caterham仅仅是有点像买了一套13坪顶线高尔夫俱乐部和您在本地使用专用足球场和putt. You?re barely scraping the surface of the potential available.你?再勉强可用刮表面潜力. On a track, the Seven suddenly makes all kinds of sense.经跟踪,使各种感突然七. The tiny pedal box makes dancing between the pedals a delight and the stubby gear lever can be palmed around the six gears just for the sheer tactility involved.使得小小的踏板箱之间跳脚踏喜悦和粗壮齿轮杠杆可以围绕六个齿轮palmed只是单纯透气. Above all, the handling astonishes.首先办理惊讶. Everything you?ve heard is true.一切你?虚拟听说是真实的. Tail slides that would usually generate entreaties to your maker in certain other cars become sought at every opportunity in the Caterham.幻灯片,通常尾巴乞求你带来一些汽车制造商成为寻求一切机会在caterham. It?s the ideal car to learn about the finer points of handling and the art of driving.?理想的汽车,了解细微处理及艺术驾驶. The low all up weight of the car also means that it doesn?t have a ravenous appetite for tyres nor does it return crippling fuel consumption figures during an enthusiastic session of lapping.低了所有车辆的重量也意味着它没有?笔有一个轮胎饿坏胃口也不回瘸腿油耗数字会议期间热烈研磨.
OVERALL 总体
You either ?get?你要么?得到? a Caterham or you don?t.或者你一caterham鲍思?汤匙 Experience has taught me that those who don?t often coincide with the same subset as those who?ve never spent any time behind the wheel of one.经验告诉我,那些鲍思?笔常配合同那些子?味从来没有花时间的车轮后面. Find a decent car and you can expect thrills without the bills and if you care for it properly, you?ll be pleasantly surprised when the time comes to sell on.你可以找到一个象样的汽车和无指望惊险法案而如果你照顾不好,你?当地有惊喜届时出售. In this regard at least, this most impractical of cars becomes a very sensible proposition indeed.在这方面,至少,这是不切实际的车成了最明智的主张.
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