Chery on Top

Last time I mentioned Chery it was 2013.

Now, one of their brands, Jaecoo, has just topped the UK March car sales figures with its 7.

Not to be confused wth the Lotus 7.

Although it's more likely to be confused with a Range Rover.

It has beaten the Puma into second place.

The Qashqai is third and the Sportage is fourth.  Autocar report the story here.

Stupid SUVs.

They also report a sudden increase of interest in EVs due to a certain orange toddler-pillock stuffing up the World's oil supplies.

I've just asked the Internet how you pronounce Jaecoo.

Apparently it's "Jake who?"

So then I asked it for famous Jakes.  It listed about 30.

But the only one I'd heard of was Jake Gyllenhaal.

Perhaps it was an American site because it didn't come up with Jake Bugg.

Who at least has a car-related name.

I appear to have digressed slightly. 

Lucky 7

To quote the recently deceased Len Goodman,

"Seven!"

I wonder if he was a Lotus fan?  They are all about lightness.

Remember the Lotus 7?

When that went out of production, the design was licenced and taken on by both Kit-Car companies and proper manufacturers such as Westfield:

But the company that really made a go of it was Caterham:

They have been producing these for decades now.  So maybe time to try something new?

Well, according to Autocar, they are trying something new.

Lotus, in the meantime, found a hit with The Elise:

That went on to be used as the base for the electric Tesla Roadster:

And the insane Hennesey Venom:

So, what do we know about the forthcoming Caterham?

Will it be dancing to a different tune?

I'll leave it to you to decide: