← Caterham
Caterham / Model record

CaterhamSeven

1973–2025 United Kingdom passenger car 53 production years
Production1973–2025
Recorded originUnited Kingdom
Classpassenger car
Background

The Caterham 7 is a super-lightweight sports car produced by Caterham Cars in the United Kingdom. It is based on the Lotus Seven, a lightweight sports car sold in kit and factory-built form by Lotus Cars, from 1957 to 1972.

Text adapted from “Caterham 7” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07

Chronology ledger

Dates with their meaning intact

Production chronology1973–2025

Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.

curated ↗53 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1999

First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.

Netherlands RDW ↗1 year
EEA EU registration observations2025

EU passenger-car registration monitoring years; this is a market snapshot, not a worldwide production range.

European Environment Agency ↗1 year