Personally I would go for the best car and not necessarily worry too much about whether it is an injection model or normally aspirated. The injection models were usually the later models or the higher spec models and the injection systems are pretty bomb proof and because they have an Engine Management Unit are adjusted automatically and constantly for best performance/economy. The problem is they are not so easy to repair , if they ever go wrong.

The normally aspirated or carburettor type were either the very early ones or the lower Spec. models in 1991 (?). Like all mechanical caburettors parts they will wear and once throttle butterflies and jets wear they will become harder to keep tuned. The benifit is that, in the main, they are straight forward to repair but parts are probably becoming harder to find now that these have been out of production for some time.

I have two Sporties, both EFI (injection). The oldest is a 1991 ELi which I have had since 1994 and has never let me down, cost next to nothing to maintain during over 100,000 miles and is still excellent and reliable. I also have a 1996 Anjou model again EFi and spot on.

My personnal preference would obviously be the injection model but the rest ofthe car has to be considered not just how it is aspirated.

OLDMINIMAN