Ultimate Seven Product

Ultimate Seven Product

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bcr5784

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7,102 posts

144 months

Tuesday 19th July 2016
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If you look here https://www.goodwood.com/grrc/columnists/mystery-m... you'll see that Graham MacDonald talks about an Ultimate Seven Product that their engineers are giddy about which Caterham are about to announce. Anyone know what it is?

DCL

1,215 posts

178 months

Tuesday 19th July 2016
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Stock control software for their online store?

rotorwings

208 posts

124 months

Tuesday 19th July 2016
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DCL said:
Stock control software for their online store?
Brilliant!



Let's see... They've had a bike, a motorbike, the Aero7, an F1 car, and a Renault Alpine thingy which all didn't last long. A trike?

Perhaps it's Caterham's answer to the Ariel Nomad?

A full electric Caterham with a 200+ mile blatting range would be a very interesting thing, but probably way too out-of-the-box for Caterham.

rotorwings

208 posts

124 months

Tuesday 19th July 2016
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One more option:

For a long while the seven has been screaming out (to me at least) for a carbon/compsite tub chassis...

bcr5784

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7,102 posts

144 months

Tuesday 19th July 2016
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rotorwings said:
One more option:

For a long while the seven has been screaming out (to me at least) for a carbon/compsite tub chassis...
Perhaps - but more likely I suspect is the option of Renolds tubing for the chassis. Personally couldn't get giddy with excitement if that is it.

ForzaGilles

557 posts

223 months

Tuesday 19th July 2016
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DCL said:
Stock control software for their online store?
+1 biggrin

wile7

275 posts

220 months

Tuesday 19th July 2016
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A road going development of the SP300R possibly? Or something similar.....a fair few new seven-type models out and about now so I would have thought this might be in the offering? Or a motorbike.....?

elan_fan

140 posts

186 months

Wednesday 20th July 2016
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DCL said:
Stock control software for their online store?
I actually lol'd at that.

nigelpugh7

5,995 posts

189 months

Wednesday 20th July 2016
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Interesting that CC chose to use the Goodwood platform for an information release!

They did the same with the Goodwood revival last year when they announced the Superlight Twenty model that I ordered.

So I think i can have a pretty good geuss as to what the news that Graham is teasing about! wink




anonymous-user

53 months

Wednesday 20th July 2016
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nigelpugh7 said:
Interesting that CC chose to use the Goodwood platform for an information release!

They did the same with the Goodwood revival last year when they announced the Superlight Twenty model that I ordered.

So I think i can have a pretty good geuss as to what the news that Graham is teasing about! wink

....and now you're teasing us about?! Come on Nigel, spill the beans!!

nigelpugh7

5,995 posts

189 months

Wednesday 20th July 2016
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REALIST123 said:

....and now you're teasing us about?! Come on Nigel, spill the beans!!
If I did know anything about this announcement, I m sure CC would have got me to sign a disclaimer giving away my first born or something like that, so I would be sworn to secrecy.

So nope I don't know anything about this announcement.

scubadude

2,618 posts

196 months

Wednesday 20th July 2016
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Whatever it is, please don't let it be abit sh*t (again... Aero7, Caterham Bikes, CaterhamF1 etc etc) other than different 7's the last "good" thing they did (IMVHO) was the 21!

nigelpugh7

5,995 posts

189 months

Wednesday 20th July 2016
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scubadude said:
Whatever it is, please don't let it be abit sh*t (again... Aero7, Caterham Bikes, CaterhamF1 etc etc) other than different 7's the last "good" thing they did (IMVHO) was the 21!
I don't know what it will be, but it won't be something pants, that's for sure.

And as the article says, it is focuses on the Seven, so look for exciting stuff around the Seven!!

subirg

717 posts

275 months

Wednesday 20th July 2016
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bcr5784 said:
Perhaps - but more likely I suspect is the option of Renolds tubing for the chassis. Personally couldn't get giddy with excitement if that is it.
This.

rotorwings

208 posts

124 months

Thursday 21st July 2016
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nigelpugh7 said:
I don't know what it will be, but it won't be something pants, that's for sure.
Considering some of their most recent 'innovations' include the introduction of drum brakes and steel wheels, I'm afraid I can't be so optimistic.

Equus

16,766 posts

100 months

Thursday 21st July 2016
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subirg said:
This.
The Reynolds butted tubing project has been in the public domain for some time though, so it would hardly be a new announcement?

At the NVN Symposium earlier this year, they were talking about it as a potential £1-£2K pricing option and envisaged about 20% customer uptake.








They could always do a carbon tub with a proper racing transaxle; they'd only be about 17 years too late. wink




Edited by Equus on Thursday 21st July 19:43

Smitters

3,995 posts

156 months

Thursday 21st July 2016
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If they could announce something core to the brand and actually beneficial to the brand, I'd be excited. Peripheral money-wasting nonsense is what I expect.

glailey

12 posts

192 months

Thursday 21st July 2016
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Do we know when we get to find out what this is?
I'm ready to order a 620s but i am currently holding my order to see what this is.

Surely that's not helpful for caterham.

red_slr

17,122 posts

188 months

Friday 22nd July 2016
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Impressive stuff... a member of the 100 club but only 4 posts! Well done Sir!

bcr5784

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7,102 posts

144 months

Friday 22nd July 2016
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Equus said:
The Reynolds butted tubing project has been in the public domain for some time though, so it would hardly be a new announcement?

At the NVN Symposium earlier this year, they were talking about it as a potential £1-£2K pricing option and envisaged about 20% customer uptake.

Edited by Equus on Thursday 21st July 19:43
20% uptakes seems extremely optimistic - I thought the weight saving was only small (7kg?) and while weight saving is a GOOD THING I can't see many paying that much for such a modest saving. Sounds like carbon fibre nose and wings would be at least as cost effective. You could, of course, not paint the car and save yourself a similar amount of weight as well as over £1000.