davo, with your 1.6L, 2.25" is more than enough. no matter what exhaust you get, if it's straight through it will sound tinny. definately get a good resonator to keep the buzzing sound to a minimum
and yeah, if you're planning on turbo down the track and you really want to do exhaust now, just get a high flow cat and back in 2.5". once again besure to get a resonator. that way you wont have to throw away the exhaust when you go turbo. 2.5" will be plenty big enough for a low boost 1.6L engine