{"id":500,"date":"2023-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-04-29T09:43:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:43:20","slug":"new-caterham-sp300-r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micksgarageblog.org\/new-caterham-sp300-r\/","title":{"rendered":"New Caterham SP300.R"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.caterham.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Caterham<\/a> have released their first new model in decades. The Sp300.R is a full-on trackday weapon designed to take market share away from Radical who have enjoyed this high end sector of the market place pretty much to themselves for nearly 10 years. The Sp300.R is basically a rebadged Lola, it has 2 litre, supercharged Ford Duratec engine, 6 speed sequential gearbox with paddle shift, slick tyres and it generates real&nbsp;down-force&nbsp;(up to 450kgs of the stuff) which is quite a lot.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-sRhmHcuJmyQ\/T_qWluJZPnI\/AAAAAAAABFI\/UtP_bUU-QC4\/s1600\/caterham-01.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"119\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-sRhmHcuJmyQ\/T_qWluJZPnI\/AAAAAAAABFI\/UtP_bUU-QC4\/s320\/caterham-01.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">Part of Caterhams thinking behind the SP300.R is that seasoned trackday pilots with cars such as the Porsche 911 GT3 or BMW M3 can upgrade to a more focused, dedicated trackday machine without ruining the on-road manners of their performance cars.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-smMOKH4uVeQ\/T_qWmepkbnI\/AAAAAAAABFM\/SMBKP4STXTo\/s1600\/caterham-02.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"125\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-smMOKH4uVeQ\/T_qWmepkbnI\/AAAAAAAABFM\/SMBKP4STXTo\/s320\/caterham-02.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">It is likely that there will be a one make race series for the SP300.R and no doubt it will be eligible for a number of endurance racing series around the globe.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Autocar magazine<\/a> got their hands on the new Caterham, here&#8217;s their video review:<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><object width=\"320\" height=\"266\" class codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" data-thumbnail-src=\"http:\/\/0.gvt0.com\/vi\/Mc-E0M-kVaQ\/0.jpg\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Mc-E0M-kVaQ&#038;fs=1&#038;source=uds\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"320\" height=\"266\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Mc-E0M-kVaQ&#038;fs=1&#038;source=uds\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Caterham SP300.R<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - 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