Caterham SP/300.R '12
Make no mistake, motorsport to Caterham for the last 50 years is essiantely home, being a forefront for the track day car for the road, the Caterham Seven. To show you just how much so, Caterham, in cooperation with internationally acclaimed Lola Cars, created the SP/300.R, basically a combination of the Superlight and a typical Le Mans Prototype car.
The cars body is not constructed on carbon fibre, but rather on a seven piece lightweight polyurethane body, while the carbon spoiler is adjustable. There is also a MSA spec roll over protection hoop, which provides maximum security and safety without compromising any aesthetics or air flow from the rear wing. Naturally, the vehicle is deadly serious about its job, measuring 165.3 inches wide, 66.9 long and 39.9 high, but its trump card is the fact that it's curb weight is just 545 kg.
It's engine is a 2-liter Ford Duratec engine with an additional supercharger made by Rotrex, producing 301 BHP, mounted in the middle and hooked up to a 6 speed sequential transmission made by Hewland. Inside, its naturally made for the track, so... It really doesnt feature anything that wasn't made for speed. It does have front and rear LED's and a Momo steering wheel with an integral driver display system.
The closest it could be compared to would be an Le Mans Prototype 2 car, since it features pretty much the same sort of technology that is recognisable, and one that track enthusiasts can appreciate.
BAC Mono '13
Briggs Automotive Company (BAC), based in Holmes Chapel, Chesire, is a British manufacturer who produces the Mono, a unique car that cuts loose on the idea of the traditional way of British lightweight cars, then takes it to a whole new level.
The vision behind the Mono is to create the purest driving experience one can buy. In order to achieve this, BAC have teamed up with engineers from Cosworth, Hewland, Sachs, AP and Kumho Tires, with the intention of creating a driver-centric vehicle. You are not mistaken if you think that it is similar to a Formula 3 car, since the idea behind the car was to recreate the feeling of one of those cars for the road. Power comes from a 2.3 liter four cylinder engine provided by Cosworth, with the maximum output of 285 BHP. Now, while it does not sound that impressive, the car uses carbon fibre constructions over a steel chassis (with an FIA compliant rollover structure) inspired by construction principles employed by DTM race cars.
As a result, the Mono goes from 0-60 in 2.8 seconds and flat out, it crushes the Earth all the way upto 170 miles per hour. This is no longer a sports car, it's a gattling gun that just so happens to have transformed itself into a trackday car.