Yes,
At the Goodwood Revival dealer meeting, Caterham announced a price increase. Pricing pressures from suppliers, materials and other issues have forced this action. As dealers we are not happy, however keeping Caterham in business is in our interest. The discontinuation of the 1.6L Sigma engine by Ford has made the 2.0 Duratec the base car in all markets where the Suzuki powered 170 is not available (such as the USA where Caterham cannot sell the 170 due to legal agreements with Suzuki coming from the Suzuki Automotive bankruptcy in the US) so the bae model is now upmarket from the previous starting point.
As dealers we certainly wish this did not happen, we would love to offer the 280 and 310 series here, but that is not to be. Personally, having a background as a Ford dealer and then experience as an importer with AC Cars and some other small volume manufacturers, I understand that the concept of "economies of scale" do not exist for cottage industries such as these.
Trust me (usually when you hear this term, is it is politician saying it and it is polispeak for "Screw you") neither Caterham nor the dealers are getting rich off this change. In fact, both are working on smaller margins than before to keep cars flowing to those who want and appreciate them.
The new "corporate overloads" are very committed to keeping Caterham in business and understand the brand unlike the onetime Vulture Capital owner. At the dealer meeting a substantial investment by the owners was revealed, an investment that will not be paid back in a year or two by these pricing actions!