It's the audio equivalent of, say, Ford putting air scoops and racing stripes on the old "Mustang IIs" built from '73 to '78 or so. 'GUTLESS PIGS in a shameless disguise.
'Pathetic practice in any form both THEN and NOW, IMHO.
Good Grief! It seems we get rid of real things, and then replace them with fake things that resemble the real things:
Plastic looking like wood or marble.
Concrete that looks like pavers.
Electric fireplaces with heaters to look like a fireplace.
Quiet cars sounding like muscle cars
M8 homebuilts to look like the original
Politicians that sound like Statesmen
Would love to have that connected to my mother's handi-scooter!!! She's constantly racing and crashing into things - may as well have the sound to go with it!
I bought one of these a couple of years ago to give to a friend after he got married and had to trade in his sports car for an econo-box. Lots of laughs! The thing is that you end up pushing the econo-box pretty hard because you like the sound.