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Written by Stephen Dobie
In this job, it pays to be impartial. You need to approach new cars with an open mind, untainted by allegiances or grudges. Yet sometimes emotion takes hold. As I walk around the Caterham that never was codename C120 I can"t help but echo some of my hosts" melancholy. How cool would it have been for this to have been put into production?To tell this car"s story, we need to wind back the clock to 2012. Caterham chairman Tony Fernandes brokered a deal with Renault to team up on a new sports car: a mid-engined, rearwheel-drive, two-seat coupe which would simultaneously bring back the Alpine badge and give the venerable Seven a stablemate.Photography: Mark RiccioniThis feature was published from issue 286 of Top Gear magazine, on sale now. For more great features and reviews, pick up a copy today
Date written: 2 Sep 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 4869
In this job, it pays to be impartial. You need to approach new cars with an open mind, untainted by allegiances or grudges. Yet sometimes emotion takes hold. As I walk around the Caterham that never was codename C120 I can"t help but echo some of my hosts" melancholy. How cool would it have been for this to have been put into production?To tell this car"s story, we need to wind back the clock to 2012. Caterham chairman Tony Fernandes brokered a deal with Renault to team up on a new sports car: a mid-engined, rearwheel-drive, two-seat coupe which would simultaneously bring back the Alpine badge and give the venerable Seven a stablemate.Photography: Mark RiccioniThis feature was published from issue 286 of Top Gear magazine, on sale now. For more great features and reviews, pick up a copy today
Date written: 2 Sep 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 4869
