Virtuoso vs New Virtuoso

Hi guys, I am a little bit confused. Harlfords sells this Carrera Virtuoso
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... 65710#tab2
but I got to that page thinking it was a great bike after reading this review:
http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/cate ... -09-34691/
Now, it doesn't seem to be the same bike at all. The frame and forks material appear to be different, and I actually do not know if the same good arguments of the review apply to this - completely different - model.
Is it still worth the price?
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... 65710#tab2
but I got to that page thinking it was a great bike after reading this review:
http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/cate ... -09-34691/
Now, it doesn't seem to be the same bike at all. The frame and forks material appear to be different, and I actually do not know if the same good arguments of the review apply to this - completely different - model.
Is it still worth the price?
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I think it is still supposed to be a good bike for the money.
I'd say as an introduction to road bikes you can't really go wrong. It's very easy to get caught up in the snobbery of brands and such but the truth is I don't think I've really ever noticed someones bike when cycling towards/away/past them even.
From what i can tell, the newer virtuoso has slightly better components and a full compact chainset (2008 model has a 36 inner chainring not 34)
If on offer then not a bad bike to get but if i was going to buy i'd look for second hand at that price, a b'twin triban 3 or the mekk bike wiggle were selling for cheap recently..