Agree, its not good to buy a Roadster and "have to" go to MK to sort out the dash.
I cant see how MMC could considder this dash a "unique selling point" for the Roadster. I suspect they realise it is quite the oposite but the gauges are used because they tie in with the ECU from the mustang. I also suspect that because of the same ECU the request for the old style dash will result in a firm NO from MMC. Just speculating, hope I an wrong.
Cheers J