No. Clearly ph1's are utter shite. The interiors are pure gash, they fall apart, they kill people when pulling anything more than 0.002g around a corners, they drive like a tdi's. Sit in a ph2 and you immediatly feel like your behind the wheel of a top spec supercar. Let's face it, if you haven't got climate control, auto xenon headlights and auto wipers in a drivers car then you might aswell drive an Austin 7.
In all honesty, owning a ph1 vee and a ph2 172 I wouldn't pay 6k on average more for a ph2 because of the different dash and 1 inch bigger wheels. Neither car is very plush inside especially when placed next to normal rep mobiles. Both share the same god awfull seats, the same door cards and both have utter crap steering wheels. They should be looked upon as drivers cars and who the hell worries about the fact the interior isn't at a constant perfect 19*c or not.
And yes, I am defending the ph1 as I don't believe its anywhere near half the car.