Caterham take its track day experience to UK streets

15 years of pre-arranged, glorified go-karting with a Caterham decal slapped on the bodywork has been celebrated by the British sports car manufacturer that positively encourages debauched driving behaviour, and now encapsulates it in the all-new £20,495 Caterham CDX Limited Edition Seven.

£17,495 and dad-levels of instruction leaflet application will be required if you opt for the still-boxed version, as it may come pre-painted but sadly not pieced together. Think Airfix, only on a more ambitious, realistic scale.

That's right, to commemorate 15 years of Caterham Driving Experience days, the famed sports car maker has chosen to manufacturer this limited-edition Seven that apes the actual track cars that ordinary drivers get to play with weekend in, weekend out.

Caterham has glued together your very own cut-out-and-keep, high spec, limited-edition interpretation of the famed Caterham Seven. The CDX. Signifying Caterham Driving Experience.

The CDX cars imitate the real track-day cars in both the looks and movement department, with the 135bhp 1.6-litre K-Series power plant emerging from its box complete with a five-speed manual transmission, limited-slip differential and track day roll-over bar. Just in case your driving endeavours go a tad topsy-turvy.

But of course you can use the CDX on HRH's public highways and byways, leaving circuits a long way behind. And therefore overalls, crash helmets and those weird trainer-booties that are neither one thing or the other.

Finished in the one like-it-or-lump-it colour of Gloss Black, CDX stickers mark this Caterham Seven out from the pack. The most exciting sticker pack since Mr. Panini decided to commemorate football tournaments, the CDX is much more besides. A push button engine start, Momo leather steering wheel, full weather equipment and tarmac-absorbing Avon treads clinging on to 13” Superlight alloys will unwrap themselves before your eyes.

With speed being the name of the Caterham game, it's upped the stakes by offering the first 20 buyers £2,000 worth of performance freebies, including a super-duper tweaked version of the 1.6-litre under-bonnet furnace.

Caterham Driving Experience days start from £99 and have been enjoyed by thousands of drivers of varying talents, ages and denominations for 15 years, and played out at various racing circuits across the UK and Europe. Licenced drivers can jump into a Caterham CDX Seven and take on Slalom, Drift or Circuit courses to their hearts content.

Caterham is also offering its own finance package that runs at 9.5% APR, that requires a £4,600 deposit and 36 monthly payments thereafter of £199 with the one final balloon settlement at the end of the period.