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Caterham on a budget – ish

REGULARS MAY RECALL I HAVE remarked at times upon the uneasy correlation between cars that are fast and those that are fun. One of the best things I have ever done in a car is race my 1950s Citroen 2CV cross-country against a similarly equipped friend. We never went near a speed limit and if we had 35bhp between us, he was cheating even more than me.

So just because this new Caterham 170S has an engine displacing 660cc and producing a mere 84bhp, do not presume it will be less fun to drive as a result. What is probably more important

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