Vote on track club's next car
A Caterham CSR260 or a Porsche 968? You decide
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 Caterham CSR 260  Porsche 968 Clubsport Lower image courtesy Porsche 968UK |
Track car hire specialist track-club is asking its members to choose which car it should add to its fleet. The choice is between a Caterham CSR260 and an MO30 spec Porsche 968 Club Sport.
Apples and oranges?
It looks a bit odd, reckoned the club, pitching a new, £36k Caterham against an old Porsche with a price tag of under half that of the Caterham but there's method behind the apparent madness.
The club's reasoning is based on the whole life cost of the investment and the likely level of use. The Caterham will be a far cheaper car to run and to repair in the event of an on-track incident. It's also likely to get used more, so the comparison is a lot closer than it might at first appear.
The club's existing Caterham is also its most popular car, with the E30 BMW M3 track classic sitting further down the list. This, said the club, could be due to seasonal factors, and expects its tin-tops -- M3, Clio V6, Peugeot 205S16 and Lotus Exige -- to be more popular over the winter track day season. Both the 968 and CSR would be group one cars but would require fewer points than the club's Radical SR3 Supersport.
Consultation
The club said its policy is to consult members before adding to the fleet, and the Porsche 968 and Caterham CSR have been derived from a shortlist drawn up following informal consultation with members.
"We attend a lot of track days ourselves and chat to members and prospective members about the sort of things that they would like to see in the fleet, we then look at the numbers, availability and performance and draw up what’s feasible before putting it to the vote", said club director Max Stringer. "Other cars that were considered this time around were the Lotus 240R (but we were too slow – they were all sold), the Mitsubishi Evo VI and VIII, a track-prepared Boxster and a Westfield S2000."
Members are now discussing the choice on its PistonHeads-hosted forum (see link below), and a vote will be taken shortly with the car expected to be in use before the end of August.
Members needed
Track-club is still signing up members and, with the track day season now approaching its busy period, the team will be available at all Gold Track events and RMA Circuit Club track days to promote the club.
Further details of the fleet of cars available to track-club members with daily hire working out as low as £70 per day based on joint membership.
The track-club shop is also now open allowing clients to book track-academy course, sign up for membership or book daily car hire all on line. Also available is a range of driving books and circuit guides.
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