It's like the BRZ & FRS; This is just well ..... If they buy the kit from Fran which nets him his $ at the end of the day thus proving his platform is gold than I can see why Fran doesn't really care. Personally I would be livid BUT Fran is a better man than I.
I think it's a bit different (I own the latter). There's nobody hiding the fact that the BRZ, FR-S, and GT86 are all the same car, built in the same factory. Open the hood and the DI cover says Toyota, but lots of places stamped into the metal is Subaru.