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If they ditch the folding hardtop with a lot of the extra weight being all the way to the rear bumper (hinges, mechanism) and losing the weight in the boot, they can improve the weight distribution. There's more to it than just the 50:50 weight distribution, it's also about where the weight is located relative to the cars gyro point. All that weight (190 kgs in basic trim) reduces performance which can't be all compensated by torque and horses. Handling, weight transfers, braking, tyres, they all suffers from weight. That's why Porsche still makes the sharper handling tool and BMW seems to be the cruiser.
Think about it, Boxster, MR2, Miata (up until the new version MX5, choose the softtop option), Lotus, and alike, they are fun and good handling cars as they haven't gained fat. :-)
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