Caterham's range rejig makes this the replacement for the Roadsport - which means it need only be the ideal complement to a Sunday The scythe swung by Caterham at its formerly sprawling Seven line-up is simple enough to understand once you’ve got your head round the new power-to-weight ratio badging system. Then, as before, it’s simply a case of choosing which spec is right for you: standard, S or R. For many, it seems quite possible that it will be this, the 270S, a car which, to all intents and purposes, replaces the old Roadsport trim.Caterham rarely shone a marketing torch on its easygoing mid-ranger because its pricier stablemates inevitably made for better television. However, more than a few buyers wandered into the dealership with an R500 in mind, only to pedal out later on at the wheel of a mild-mannered Roadsport. It was the softer rump of the Seven, and with the S pack applied to the 270, you get much the same thing.Then, as now, there’s a trusty 1.6-litre Ford Sigma engine up front, although Caterham says it has adopted a later-generation, clever-cam version of the familiar four-pot, which accounts for the modest difference in power over the outgoing Roadsport 125. Add the £2995 S pack to that and you get 14in alloy wheels, leather seats, carpets, a heater, the windscreen, hood and side screens, a Momo steering wheel and S-specific dials and gearlever.Tellingly, much of that little lot was standard to the Roadsport anyway - and items that weren’t (such as the adjustable leather seats) we can imagine buyers merrily opting for. On that subject, our test car’s spec was considerably longer than standard, with 15in wheels, a six-speed gearbox, sports suspension, the style-enhancing Black Pack and lowered floors all thrown in.from Autocar RSS Feed http://ift.tt/1G82nGy
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