We’ll do a more in-depth feature on it later. It was my ride for the day and was a brilliant drive, but not exactly a relaxing one. The CAY plated car is a 2016 Caterham 7 160S, powered by a 660cc turbocharged Suzuki engine with around 85 HP, giving it a power to weight ratio of 160BHP/ton (hence the name). Here are four of them, photobombed by an Abarth Spider.Īs far as I’m aware, none of them is an actual Lotus 7 and are a mix of descendants and homebuilt/locost type machines. Sports cars are always well represented, but the number of Lotus 7 type cars that turned out this time was quite remarkable. I managed to get hold of a video made by one of the participants, including some in-car footage from their lovely Sunbeam Alpine, which should hopefully give you an idea of what it is like to be on one of these runs. It’s a little startling to realize that something like this Subaru Impreza WRX Sti, which was a state of the art performance car when I was growing up, is now considered to be a classic car just like the Sunbeam Alpine next to it! The sheer number and variety of cars is such that it becomes quite a spectacle, and anybody out and about on these Sunday Mornings seems to enjoy seeing the cars very much if their reactions are any indication. The drive itself is approximately 30 minutes and usually does a loop around part of Colombo city. The gathering usually starts at 7.30 AM and we aim to move out by around 8 or so. I’ve made it a point to find out more about this car, and will report back when I do. A two door such as this was a real rarity in our market, though it must have been a common sight in the US. It’s great that Japanese cars of this era are now being appreciated, since most of them were treated as disposable. This time I took more pictures at the finishing point rather than the start for a change, so had to borrow a few here and there.Ī real standout was this 1972 Toyota Carina coupe, which looked like it had rolled through a wormhole from the showroom floor in 1972. If you’d prefer seeing more from one marque, that’s usually covered as well, as this lineup of Peugeot’s finest from across 3 decades will make evident. The cross section of metal that shows up for these runs is always varied and deeply impressive, and the above picture shows just how diverse the lineup is, with 50s British saloons, 90s Japanese sports cars and German luxobarges keeping company with things like Lotus 7 replicas. As usual, I haven’t tried to capture every single car but instead have focused on giving a general idea of the cars that were there, and a closer look at a few that I think would be interesting, so enjoy! Since it was the holiday season, the turnout was very good and an interesting selection of cars made it out. The final Sunday Run for 2023 took place on the last day of the year, which was happily a gorgeous sunny one after a few weeks of heavy rains.
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