The standard chassis has the usual lightweight dimensions that have made the Caterham such a legend in its 50+ years.

The SV chassis gives both greater luggage and interior space due to the bigger size of the car. A bigger fuel tank is also included in the SV. Thismakes the Caterham Seven Roadsport a great tourer and can fit tall drivers of over 6ft 2in in height. The SV chassis also benefits from even greater stability with it being wider than the standard chassis.

As of January 2007 Caterham returned to using Ford engines. Two versions of the 1.6 litre Ford Sigma the 125bhp version and the 150bhp version. Each of these units have been tuned specially by Caterham and give better performance and economy than the k series engine.

Caterham Seven Roadsport Specification

Chassis – Laser cut, robot welded tubing with powdercoating

Bodywork – Aluminium bodywork with composite or optional carbon fibre nosecone and wings

Donor Car – N/A

Engine options – Ford Sigma 1.6 litre in 125 or 150 bhp

Suspension – Front adjustable double wishbones with anti roll bar. Rear De dion axle located by lower A-frame and upper radius arms

Steering – Rack and pinion 1.93 turns to lock

Brakes – Twin circuit split front/rear with low level warning system. Discs front and rear

Kit Price – Complete Roadsport 125 kit £16,695 inc VAT (complete kits start from £12,995 inc VAT)

Budget to build – everything is in the kit!