Originally Posted by JamesHealey

Depends entirely on which car you can get parts support for at your local track, no point having a car you have to wait 2 weeks to get a belt for if you snap it.

You want one where someone is carrying them for you at the track so you only have to invest into the car not an entourage of spares.

The Serpent cars are very good and don't generally require any hop-ups as they come fully race spec'd but they so release cars often, so expect to be upgrading within 2-4 years.

Or you can go down the Xray route with the NT1 which is a development car which is hop-up mania if you want, new updates every 12 months, but there are drivers who still run the 2008 NT1 and are competitive with it.. You don't need all the bling to be fast!

Visit your local track and see what people are running there first would be the best idea.