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Why the quirky Caterham 21 couldn't survive the Lotus Elise

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Why the quirky Caterham 21 couldn't survive the Lotus Elise
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Caterham is famous for the single-minded Seven, but 30 years ago it tried to build an everyday roadster

Nobody wants to be known as a one-trick pony or to be told to ‘stay in your lane’, but equally it’s also good to know what you excel at. 
This is something Caterham is acutely aware of, because for the past 50-odd years it has owed its existence to one extremely exciting offering: the Seven.
Ever since company founder Graham Nearn bought the rights to the lightweight roadburner from Lotus in

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