I have an 80th Anniversary also from Oakmere, it was their Almond / sport green demonstrator, bought it a year ago and traded in a 1959 MGA which we had owned for over 10 years as I wanted a 'modern' classic.
I also own a 250 cup Elise (my 3rd Elise) and have had two Caterhams in the past which I built my self, fair to say my wife and I like our British cars. None have been daily drivers and so it's always an occasion to drive them.
I think the 80th Anniversary is a great looking car which ticked all the boxes for us and is great value especially if you take a standard 4/4 at list price and start speccing it up to 80th Anniversary level.