Caterham's pocket rockets are coming stateside

Thanks to Simon Cowell, America is now inundated with third-rate "stars." But also thanks to him, we're getting a proper distributor of Caterham cars for the first time. Caterham, of course, is the British purveyor of tiny and quirky sports cars — and bikes! — that look like they belong in a futuristic movie made in the 1950s, and that perform better than just about anything else you'll see on your way to work.

Cowell, being both English and quirky, loves 'em so much he begged and pleaded with Caterham to send one over. Somewhere, a light clicked on (clearly, it wasn't Lucas), and they've partnered with California's Superformance to bring in a whole range of their iconic Sevens.

Thank you, Simon.