I'd always thought they'd be like this..
Guess Ford must have been cost cutting on the last of them.
I'd have that swapped straight out for a leather one. Keep hold of it no doubt, but looking at that in my cosworth would make me feel a bit uncle dick. I'd feel like I was behind the wheel of a GL.
I always hated it when they swapped to the MT75 box and ditched the rubber gear gaitor and changed the gear knob. It all felt so wrong in hand, hated the look of it too, looks all goofy and top heavy, aside from the gearbox feel compared to the T5.