Lotus T128 Formula 1 Car For Sale

This isn’t the first time we have seen Formula 1 race car for sale, but this is the newest and the most affordable of the bunch. And it’s on Craigslist.

If you’re like us, then you love searching internet advertisements for awesome vehicles. The process becomes significantly intense when you discover a unicorn among a sea of mediocrities. Like this 2011 Lotus T128 Formula 1 car, for instance. Yes, yes, it reads Catherham on it, but according to the owner, the racer was turned into a show car with a 2013 Caterham body.

Although we have posted more than a couple of singe-seaters for sale, finding a formula 1 car for grabs is a rare occasion. Still, the owner of this fine example is willing to let it go for $95,000, or trade it – because apparently he thinks someone browses Craigslist in search of Formula 1 racers.

To be fair Lotus doesn’t have an engine, but otherwise it comes as loaded as a retired Formula 1 race car belonging to a random guy in Nashville can get. It has the carbon fiber monocoque intact, the whole suspension system built out of carbon-fiber, 13-inch BBS wheels wrapped in super sticky Pirelli P Zero tires and it sports a Red Bull Technologies seven-speed semi-automatic transmission with reverse gear. Transforming this into a fully-functional racer isn’t that far-fetched, if you think about it.

Being a 2011 season race car, the formula 1 car was most likely driven around the world’s most famous tracks by either Jarno Truly or Heikki Kovalainen. But we’re inclining to say Heikki, as a sticker on the car says “Heikki 90mm”, which could only mean… something.

Can you imagine with its original 18,000 rpm, naturally aspirated V8, staying in your living room.

Source: Craigslist