Agreed. We bought my wife an NC last year when the criteria was “cheap, petrol, naturally aspirated and Japanese”. The criteria was in response to my Land Rover (Discovery / LR4) which is none of those things and becoming a bore.
After stealing the MX-5 whenever I get the chance I now wish we could run two. That would make family trips troublesome though…
I haven't driven another car yet that focused so well on the things that make driving fun, while minimizing the downsides.