Caterham Seven Roadsport 150 (2007): first official pictures

Yet another Caterham Seven. What’s the deal with this one?

Fancy 0-60mph in 4.9 seconds for less than £18k? Thought so. Caterham has announced this more powerful version of the Seven Roadsport: £17,495 now buys you a 550kg Seven with a 150bhp 1.6-litre engine. Yep, that’s enough for 270bhp-per-tonne. That’s a whole lot of fun on the road or track for not a lot of loss in the bank account.
Haven’t we driven the new Ford-engined Seven already?

We tested the existing Seven Roadsport 125 last month and found out that it was a hoot to drive now that Caterham has finally dropped the archaic Rover K-series engine in favour of Ford’s 1.6-litre Sigma lump. Now the Seven has been blessed with a further 25bhp, which might not sound like a lot, but in a car games as light as this it makes one hell of a difference.