That looks amazing. I've always liked these.

Took it for an 80km drive last night. Initial impressions - extremely easy to drive. There's such an abundance of torque down low it's so hard to not drift over the speed limit. Definitely doesn't like being chugged in a high gear. There's not much power under 3k but it takes only a split second to spool and slap you in the face with the torque, power tapers off a fair bit up high. Cornering is effortless. It almost feels like a FWD car, it turns in nicely but you can feel the back end feels a bit happy - just at a bit beyond normal road limits so will be interesting when pushing harder.
 
It's definitely different comparing it to the MR2 where your an integral part of the handling/weight package. Definitely will NOT be missing the maintenance aspect of the MR2 - this doesn't seem any better as far as space goes in the bay but at least it's all clean.

I don't mind the 'fuselage and wings' front on those.
Lots of rain up there atm - whats it like in the wet compared to the MR2?

I am pretty sure some models of the DCCD you can make it rear wheel drive by clicking the handbrake up one notch so the light comes on  but doesnt actually apply.  Not sure why would want to do that though, excpet for doing some easy donuts?  No sure if it works at higher speeds to make it RWD all the time though.
 
Cheers