There was nothing in it between the 172/182/V6 around Brands Indy.
I would go for the Mk1 Vee... but thats just because I like to progress up through the range. If I was to go straight for the Mk2 Vee then I wouldnt have anything left to upgrade to later on, and would feel I missed out on the Mk1
you could add, valver/hybrid/willy/megane/197 to that list dan, there all much for muchness.
I passed everything but the cup racer at cadwell and i had a passenger and pisch tyres. But i've done a fair few laps of the track!
Dunno about progressing up the chain either. You went from the 1.4 to a 172 did you not? missed out the 1.6!
Mk2 vee is a better car, but it's an evolution, so naturally thats going to be the case. There both very special tho!