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Caterham calls time on iconic Superlight R500

By Adam Binnie Motor Industry 08 July 2014 10:52 The final Caterham Superlight R500 has rolled off the production line as the Dartford sports car maker closes the order book on one of its most extreme creations. The 253bhp R500, which is capable of reaching 60mph in 2.88 seconds, pirouetted onto the scene in a cloud of tyre smoke in 2008. This lightweight David went on to win hearts and minds around the world by beating the Goliath Bugatti Veyron on Top Gear TV’s test track by nearly half a second.

RAC to carry universal spare wheel

The RAC believes call outs to cars with punctures but no spare wheel will reach 250,000 a year by 2015, so has decided to roll out its own universal spare wheel as a hassle-reducing solution. The universal spare wheel, which has already been successfully trialled, should become standard equipment for all RAC breakdown patrols by early February 2014. On Bing: see pictures of universal spare wheels Spare wheel solution from the RAC The RAC has taken this step as increasingly few modern cars are sold with a factory-fitted spare wheel as standard.

Mitsubishi Colt 1.3 Juro: Price & Specs

Mitsubishi Colt 1.3 Juro Mitsubishi do have a fondness for sticking a Juro badge on their cars and miraculously adorning them with big specs and low prices. Which should, by rights, have buyers beating a path to their door. Mitsubishi has played the Juro card recently with the Lancer 2.0 DI-D Juro and the Outlander Juro, both of which we’ve reviewed and both of which we thought offered terrific value for money.