The Ultimate British Lightweight Machine - The Caterham Seven Fireblade

Escaping the businessman...

The Caterham Seven is one of the finest British sports cars ever built and it was famous for its lightweight sizing, making it fast and agile like a go-kart. However, one kind of Caterham Seven only exists in the world of Gran Turismo. Go ahead, when you Google search the term "Caterham Seven Fireblade", chances are that the Caterham Fireblade only exists in the Gran Turismo franchise. I wonder if there is one Caterham Fireblade exist in real life? Are there any owners of this mysterious Caterham Seven powered by a Honda Fireblade engine?

The Fireblade storms the Top Gear Test Track

The Caterham Seven Fireblade is powered by a 900cc inline 4 cylinder engine sourced from the Honda Fireblade motorcycle, providing a power output of 138HP, torque of 87ft-lb, and weighs 369kg. Because of such lightness, many people who owned the Caterham Fireblade can max it out to the limit. It can either be 207HP (fully tuned with Stage 3 Turbo) or 237HP (fully tuned with Supercharger) respectively. Before participating in the British Lightweights at the Seasonal Events section, they want to tone the fully tuned Caterham Fireblade down a little to match the required 550PP limit. Let's just say um, increasing the weight a little.

Along came a Black Fireblade

Even with the monster hiding inside the Fireblade's lightweight body, there is a heavy disadvantage. The Caterham Fireblade is somewhat not good at straight lines because it can be easily overtaken by such heavyweight exotics, especially the rare Nissan R390 GT1 Road Car but despite that, the Fireblade loves corners especially when it gets carried away. Judging by its lightweight size, the Caterham Fireblade is the ultimate British lightweight machine. Finding it on the Used Car dealer sounds tough but once you saw one and had enough money, well, it's up to you.