NMS Visits a Caterham Dealer!

2025 Caterham, only $72,000

Cater Ham? Do they cater parties with lots of delicious Ham and ham products Catering? No!

Cat, er, Ham? Are we confused with having a pet cat or a pet pig that turns into ham? No!

Did you mean CARTER-ham? Nope!

Carhart-Ham? Rugged outdoor clothing made from pigskin? Nah!

Well, then what in the world IS a Caterham? Glad you finally asked! 

The Caterham cars are the descendants of a British make of car, the Lotus Seven. When the Lotus folks decided to discontinue the Seven, one of their dealers Caterham Cars bought the rights to the car, and have been building them as Caterhams since the 1970s. Currently there are only seven Caterham dealers in the US, so it's not that they are super duper fancy, just a very small maker. Here's their link in the USA: 

        CATERHAM CARS USA

Christopher Jones dealership in Daytona Beach. The note on the door says they are closed, but has a phone number if you need something! Good timing on our part!

The website lists only SEVEN dealers in the entire USA, so yeah, I'd call that a small number! According to the Internet, there are about 2,800 Ford-Lincoln dealers in the country, so that gives you a little perspective! For another comparison with small British auto makers, there are about 37 Rolls Royce dealers in the USA, and about 26 McLaren dealers.  

While planning our recent visit to the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, I happened to find out that one Caterham dealer, Christopher John LTD, was right there in Daytona Beach, so we stopped by when we got into town on the day before the race. 

OK, so they were closed, but we took a peek through the windows! Here's a Morgan in the foreground, another cool British car that is still built today. 

On the Caterham website, I also looked at a dealer down in Miami Florida, and now I need to go visit them too. Walt Grace Vintage in Miami sells cool cars AND cool guitars! Now that's a combination that has to be a winner! Here's their website: 

        WALT GRACE VINTAGE

Back at Daytona Beach, out in the parking lot there were a few other British classics, like these MGBs.