Caterham 420 CUP debuts as the company’s best track car

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Caterham has revealed the 420 CUP, billed as “the best track car” the company has ever made. But that doesn’t mean you can’t drive this on public roads; meaning, the 420 CUP is a track-focused road car. Base price starts at £54,990 in the UK.

The 420 CUP boasts Bilstein race suspension with fully-adjustable dampers with 10 stiffness settings (check out the numbering on the suspension). Other standard features include 13-inch Black Apollo alloy wheels wrapped with Avon ZZR tyres; uprated ventilated brakes with quad piston calipers; mesh grill with painted 7 logo; composite aeroscreen; composite cycle wings; a limited-slip differential, and a track day roll bar.

Inside, you get composite padded seats with bespoke CUP embroidery; Schroth 6-point racing harness; carbon vinyl tunnel top with red Alcantara-trimmed gaitor; 620-style carbon dashboard; Suede MOMO steering wheel with quick release; quick ratio steering rack, and bespoke CUP dials finished in red.

There’s a big list of options as well, including a track day roll cage, a sport roll cage, a race roll cage, aero wishbones, Avon ZZS tyres, carbon fibre aeroscreen, heated seats, VBOX Lite with 2 x cameras, VBOX HD2 with 2 x HD cameras, a tool kit, and a few more.

The 420 CUP is powered by a 2.0-litre (1999 cc) 4-cylinder naturally aspirated Ford petrol engine with the same 156.5 kW (210 bhp/213 metric hp) and 203 Nm (150 lb-ft) output figures as the regular Seven 420. However, the engine here is paired with Sadev 6-speed sequential transmission as opposed to a 5-speed manual in the regular Seven 420. Also, the official 0-60 mph (96.5 km/h) time here is 3.6 seconds, which is quicker by 0.2 seconds compared with the regular Seven 420. The official top speed is the same 136 mph (219 km/h). A track day exhaust system is also included as standard.