The last year of production they popped out some lovely colours, I saw one of these in Dublin when they came out, saw one again today, obviously looks are purely subjective here on my part, but to me, The autumn livery in stunning, plus the last blue..
The clunking is normal with this gearbox, you'll get used to it.
You can minimize it by preloading the shifter...put some pressure on it in your intended gear direction right before shifting.