Forget the price -- there are plenty of collectors who will buy whatever limited edition abomination the factories will put out, regardless of cost, especially if it steals from the company's heritage. Witness the Ferrari 550 Barchetta. But am I the only one tired of manufacturers being unimaginative and constantly stealing design cues from the past instead of creating new designs?
As special as the AC Cobra was, would you shell out hundreds of thousands for an original when there are tens of thousands of almost indistinguishable clones out there? How about a Ford GT? A BEV Ford SUV stealing Mustang mojo. Even "It's a Hemi" has lost its meaning. On the positive side, I suppose this new 3.0 CSL has such an ugly nose that it would never be mistaken for the original and may raise some awareness about the the older version but still... try coming up with some new ideas.
The fender strakes, the fender vent indentation, gold BBS-like wheels, the Hofmeister kink artificially created with trim to mask the true c-pillar shape. Bolt-on doodads. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery but I don't see it as honorific. It's just lazy.