It was with the Lotus 7 in 1957 that things really took off, and indeed Caterham Cars still manufacture a version of that car today – the Caterham 7; there have been over 90 different Lotus 7 clones, replicas and derivatives offered to the public by a variety of makers.
它與Lotus seven一起銷售在1957年，事情真的起飛了，事實上卡特漢姆汽車公司今天仍在生產這款車的版本--Caterham 7; 各種製造商向公眾提供了90多種不同的Lotus 7克隆，複製品和衍生物。