I would say xr2 but they can eat the fuel up. I think i would go for a 1.1L mk2 fes instead great fun cheap as chips and if maintained well it,ll never let you down. My other cheap runabout which lasted me 7 years proud was an H plate mk2 orion. No rot to be seen and never ever once broke down or even hinted at the idea superb car that was and weirdly miss it big time.
Funny how the older lesser models can grow on you in the end