The reasoning from defenders of the spit-thing being called a Spitfire seems to be something like.....................................
So what if it doesnt have a merlin, is smaller, has a different construction, less performance etc etc, its still a really nice plane
Yea great, so why try make it look like a Spitfire, call it a spitfire and buy the rights to the makers name?
Why not just make a really nice plane?