| Year | Event |
| 1957 | Introduction
of Lotus Seven at London Motor Show. Car offered with choice of
Ford or Climax engines. |
| 1959 | Caterham
Cars established as one of the first Lotus centres in premises
on Caterham Hill, Surrey, selling Sevens and Elites. |
| 1960 | Caterham
Cars exhibits Seven at first Racing Car Show. |
| 1965 | Caterham
Cars supplies Seven registered KAR 120C for the Prisoner TV series. |
| 1967 | Caterham
Cars becomes the sole concessionaire for Seven. |
| 1973 | Caterham
Cars take over production rights for Seven from Lotus. |
| 1980 | The
Caterham Seven begins its production sports car career on the
race tracks. |
| 1982 | Caterham
Cars celebrates 25th year of Seven with Silver Jubilee model. |
| 1985 | Introduction
of De Dion rear suspension to replace live axle. |
| 1986 | Introduction
of road going Super Seven race series after the success of a trial
race at the Colin Chapman memorial meeting. Introduction of Seven
HPC with most powerful engine option ever; 170 bhp Cosworth BDR.
|
| 1987 | Caterham
Cars moves production operation to spacious new factory at Dartford.
|
| 1989 | Establishment
of Caterham Seven one-make race series in France. |
| 1991 | First
year of Caterham Vauxhall race series. |
| 1992 | 35th
Anniversary model introduced. The Classic, low cost entry model introduced. JPE - Jonathan Palmer Evolution launched at Motor Show. 0-60 in 3.44 seconds breaks the world record for a production car. One make race series in Japan - only one-make series for imported cars in Japan. Seven wins outright 24 Hour Race in Ohio, USA |
| 1993 | Caterham
Seven K-Series introduced to Australia. Caterham Cars wins Queen's Award for Export. Caterham manufactures own six-speed gearbox. |
| 1995 | New
racing Scholarship for novices. |
| 1996 | Caterham
Superlight (470kg) introduced with modified 1.6 'K' power unit.
|
| 1997 | Superlight
'R' (485kg) with 1.8 "K" VHPD engine (193ps). |
| 1998 | New
one make race series in Turkey. |
| 1999 | Seven
Zetec accepted by Sports Car Club of America; launch of R500 which
breaks production lap record of the Nordschlieffe circuit at Nurburgring.
|
| 2000 | Caterham
launches SV; Caterham Blackbird introduced - class win at Nurembring
24 hour Race. |
| 2001 | Superlight
European Championship launched; Caterham Beaulieu introduced;
Opening of Caterham Midlands. |
| 2002 | Caterham
Cars form business and marketing partnership with MG Rover Group.
New Classic and Superlight (R300, R400) models released, together
with new MG XPower engines. |
| 2003 | Caterham
Cars celebrate 30 years of producing the Seven with the introduction
of two new models, the Roadsport SV 30 and the Tracksport. |
| 2004 | The
R500 Evolution is released; the first 2 litre K Series Seven,
with an output of 250 bhp and over 170 lb/ft of torque. The all-new
Caterham CSR is launched at a London venue, along with the new
Cosworth Duratec engine, with 200 and 260 bhp versions on offer.
The CSR utilizes the new Caterham chassis with in-board front
suspension, independent rear suspension and new interior. |