Caterham R500 - Top Gear 2008 Car of the Year (COTY)

Caterham R500 wins the Top Gear 2008 Car of the Year (COTY) award, as announced at the popular BBC show. Powered by a 2.0 Ford Duratec engine, Caterham R500 may develops 263bhp and gets 0 to 60 mph acceleration time in 2.88 seconds.

Caterham R500 managed a time of 1.17.9 which is better than the Bugatti Veyron, Pagani Zonda F and the Ferrari Enzo.

Caterham R500 was featured in the TV show December when it was put against the BMW powered Veritas RS III.

Caterham R500 was also driven by The Stig on the shows track and managed quite a respectable time taking the 5th place on their chart.

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2008 Aston Martin Vantage GT2

Aston Martin Racing released the first photos of the 2008 Aston Martin Vantage GT2. With the launch of the 2008 Vantage GT2 Aston Martin completes its portfolio of GT cars in each of the four categories GT1, GT2, GT3, GT4.

The 2008 Aston Martin Vantage GT2 with James Watts Automotive will have its racing debut at the first round on 5 April of the Le Mans Series at Barcelona.

The 2008 Aston Martin Vantage GT2 is designed to run on both petrol and E85 bio-ethanol fuel.