{"id":250684,"date":"2026-04-29T05:21:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T05:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/250684\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T05:21:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T05:21:23","slug":"caterham-is-unveiling-a-new-miami-special-edition-at-race-weekend-with-only-12-unique-cars-being-built","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/250684\/","title":{"rendered":"Caterham is unveiling a new Miami Special Edition at race weekend with only 12 unique cars being built"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Caterham<\/p>\n

Caterham just unveiled a limited-edition Seven R that\u2019s a love letter to Miami and, more importantly, the Miami GP.<\/p>\n

It has a naturally aspirated engine, a manual gearbox, and an incredible power-to-weight ratio.<\/p>\n

It probably won\u2019t be cheap, though.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019ll definitely be very hard to get.<\/p>\n

Caterham is the last bastion of a type of motoring that no longer exists<\/p>\n

We wouldn\u2019t want to open the \u2018in my day\u2019 book or yell at the clouds like Grandpa Simpson, but it is true that cars have changed.<\/p>\n

They used to be lighter, simpler, and arguably more fun.<\/p>\n

Today, cars are fun because they\u2019re very fast, but back then, they were fun because they were built to be fun.<\/p>\n

Not exactly the same thing.<\/p>\n

\"Caterham<\/a>Caterham<\/p>\n

With the other British lightweight specialist brand now rebranded as an EV-only (with caveats) automaker<\/a>, Caterham is one of the few manufacturers left that are still building cars that are fun<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Obviously, there are boutique manufacturers and hypercar makers \u2013 but those are niche.<\/p>\n

Caterham<\/a> is in a different league.<\/p>\n

A new version of the Seven R is here.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s amazing to think this is a 2026 car \u2013 a new car \u2013 and you can actually buy it.<\/p>\n

\"Caterham<\/a>Caterham<\/p>\n

The brand is paying tribute to the Miami F1 Grand Prix<\/p>\n

Dubbed Miami Special Edition, this new Seven R is a tribute to the Miami GP<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And you can tell, because it\u2019s finished in a custom paint called Aqua, with Vibrant Pink and White decals that have \u2018Miami\u2019 written all over them.<\/p>\n

The track-only Seven Miami Special Edition is powered by a naturally aspirated 2.0-liter Ford Duratec engine, which delivers 210 brake horsepower.<\/p>\n

\"Caterham<\/a>Caterham<\/p>\n

That\u2019s pretty good when you remember this car only weighs around 560 kilograms.<\/p>\n

The power-to-weight ratio is just 375 bhp-per-tonne, which explains the 0-60 time of 3.8 seconds and the top speed of 136mph.<\/p>\n

Also, it has a manual gearbox.<\/p>\n

\"Caterham<\/a>Caterham<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s bad news, too.<\/p>\n

Only 12 will ever be built \u2013 10 for the US market \u2013 and the price is upon application, which means it probably won\u2019t be super duper cheap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caterham just unveiled a limited-edition Seven R that\u2019s a love letter to Miami and, more importantly, the Miami…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-250684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}