Just to back up my story.
We had Badger Bills extremily rapid very yellow Seat Ibiza at the last Vmax, it really was astonishingly quick on acceleration- like Ferrari 360 quick!! & its 160mph top end- considering brick like aerodynamics was rather impressive!
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/t...3&h=0&hw=ibiza
This was posted in 2004, and predates the vmax site
http://www.vmax200.com
where all the runners & riders are listed starting vmx no4!. (the 1st 3 events aren't listed,pre March 2004)