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Difference is each option makes a difference. Porsche annoys me with options that cost a fortune, do very little but it seems you can’t sell without E.g. sports chrono CC isn’t great for Ariel or Lotus sales, often snapped up by dealers at around retail, then appear at a dealer with 10k on a few da...

Thanks guys. I suspect Ariel have been reading the Porsche playbook on how to squeeze money out of us in “extras”!

That CC Atom sounds like one I saw for sale recently at £58K. Any guesses on how much it will
Make in auction?

Will be having a passenger ride in an Atom 4 soon (thanks Alastair!) and incase I like it enough having been looking at the spec spreadsheets (as you do!). Cars purpose would be an adrenaline hit with almost exclusive road use. Being not too far from retirement now and it being a 4th car I don’t wan...

Yes I definitely need to try an Atom 4. Regarding the 620R, when I bought it off the first owner (who was 70year old and had bought it new - clearly he had some significant testicular fortitude for a chap not in the first flush of youth!) it came with the factory ZZR rubber and it was almost unusab...

Yes I definitely need to try an Atom 4. Regarding the 620R, when I bought it off the first owner (who was 70year old and had bought it new - clearly he had some significant testicular fortitude for a chap not in the first flush of youth!) it came with the factory ZZR rubber and it was almost unusabl...

Thanks guys, some very helpful comments there, I’m West of Glasgow, near Loch Lomond/Glencoe “playground”! The 620R is best described as a beast, the sequential box adds a degree of drama not found in “lesser” Caterhams. It wouldn’t be for everyone mind you. Interesting regarding quality and indeed ...

Hi guys, I have been a serial Caterham guy for a long time now - my current 620R SV is no 13! I am interested in peoples thoughts of Caterham V Atom. My cars are road use, early morning, blow cobwebs away rather than track days etc and I am lucky enough to live near some great Scottish driving roads...