I have always wanted a seven. It could be a car made by Lotus or by Caterham. To me they are the same car, just old vs modern. In my mind the Caterham is a continuation of the Lotus 7. Everything else is a copy or clone. Then again I am strange, I would really like a series 4 seven. I like the fiberglass body.
One day Caterham may sell the rights to the car to xyz company. The Caterham owners will want to make sure they are not confused with the cars from xyz. The spirit of the origional 7 still lives on in linage but the name changes.