New one is different than the old blue/black one and looks better now.
No airbag..... not ideal ?
I know your point of view. However is it not more of a question of removing a Saftey feature. Than a discussing retrofitting them to cars that didn’t have them originally?
Counter argument wise you could also suggest that switchable tc is a bad idea, removing side airbags to add recaros and removing abs... all things Renault did themselves to make various MK2 Clio RS cars “less safe”.
I just don't really see it as an issue (although I'm sure some insurance companies do) we didn't worry about it when we didn't have them in the same way that I don't worry about the fact that the car does not have some of the safely features now considered standard in some cars.