Caterham declassified the first new model Caterham-Lola SP 300.R

A British company, Caterham, in collaboration with the Italian racing studio Lola has developed a new model, whose world premiere took place on Thursday, January 13, at the Autosport International Motor Show in Birmingham. This car, called the Caterham-Lola SP/300.R, is the first completely new car the automaker over the past 20 years. Recently Caterham released just variations of the famous sports car Seven, which in the line brand now has five pieces.

The firm has developed a Lola sports car for an aluminum platform and body. When the last was not created to attract wind tunnels and an actual test, as testing the effectiveness of all elements of the design is fully carried out virtually, in an environment CFD (Computational fluid dynamics). Front and rear of the vehicle used by an independent double wishbone suspension, with part used in the Caterham chassis elements are also used to bolidah "Lola" for the championship of Formula 3.

In the new movement is a two-liter engine Ford family Duratec, which was finalized by experts of Caterham. As a result, through the installation of a mechanical supercharger, horsepower increased to 300 horsepower. The unit works in tandem with a semi-automatic gearbox Hewland. According to the manufacturer, from zero to 96 miles per hour sports car can accelerate in 2.5 seconds. Maximum speed - 272 kilometers per hour.