The Superlight R400 is a further development from the regular Superlight.

While still built around Colin Chapman's ethos of ""add lightness"", the R400 adds a further ingredient - horse power.

All unnecessary comforts remain absent to save weight and reduce mass, and the additional power means that the R400 breaks the 400-bhp-per-tonne barrier.

The result is a car that still delivers driving thrills at their purest, with performance capable of humbling supercars and thrilling drivers.

The car offered here is the 248bhp 2004 model, perfectly set up for radial tyres and benefitting from having the engine, gearbox and diff extensively rebuilt in the Winter of 2006/07 by DVA Power in Milton Keynes so are in very good condition now.

Other work undertaken at certain dates include the installation of the roll cage by Aeroscreen in 2006 at the same time as a major brakes service, a new carbon seat in April 2008 and chrome paintwork blasting in June of the same year.

All of the above and ...