That brings back some memories. That was the first development car and I was lucky enough to be in passenger seat at which point I was in. Collected mine in Feb 2012 and a few months latter set off with junior in the passenger seat to Lemans for the classic.
I was lucky and had very few issues with mine in the 5-6 years I owned it. I have some memories of taking it on pistonhead runs and being laughed at but that soon stopped on the country roads when they realised how well it handled and drifted around bends along a trip into Central London with Aeroman in his and the expression from the tourists.
Mrs A hated the car so it wasn't getting used much so it was time for a change and it was put in as px for a +4 clubsport to go racing. She likes this one even less but it does have the advantage of only having one seat

It'll be interesting to see what comes next.