I 100% agree with everything you said, that was my ENTIRE point to my rant.
Its like they do a decent job to start, Assuming the motor swap was done first. and ran out of money an/or motivation and slapped the rest together, then used the “well its still cool” cop-out when its done. Atleast with that green car its not deformed byond repair. finding a new front clip, sawzalling the fart tip off and shooting it in proper paint that would be an awesome car.
That miata I loved too, BUT they fucking killed it with the dumbass seats. Removing the padding and foam, leaving a half ass probably good/expensive seat behind to be “hardcore racer”. Cheaped out again. Find the old school actual back breaker racing seats and put them in it. THATS respectable, yet still impractical because I doubt that will ever see track use. Paint the fucking hood and get rid of the retarded tow hook also. Rest of the concept was tits, love the old brit feel like you said too. But all it takes is one or two left field WTF’s straying off the concept to kill it.