I had my car serviced at woodford (which had really excellent customer service by the way) and was given a manual 250 as a loan car. It was nice but I found the 300 engine better - faster and smoother. I was quite surprised that I wasn't as excited by the 250 as I thought I may have been, I even preferred the manual gearbox of the 200 over the 250. Excellent car but I feel its lost a bit of "x factor", things like the chronograph dash, clear rear lamps, well proportioned standard wheels, compact styling etc. gave it a lot of charm and character. I'm sure the new 250 will grow on me, but i'll like to see the 350 on uk roads ... now that would be tempting.