Your statement below is a wonderful one sentence summary of the various growth spurts throughout the history of aircraft building:
“…new designs are out there in such volume that few models have been able to rise above the noise as standouts.”
You could have tacked on an excerpt from Hamlet’s soliloquy for added effect:
“…aye, there’s the rub…”
The LSA market Golden Age has not diminished, and one cannot argue that there has never been more activity in aviation to make the new Piper Cub. Having said that, the two most successful LSA companies in business today are making, well…Piper Cubs. There has not been the same success to make the new Cessna 150. Even Cessna tried and could not make it work. The Colt is yet another swing on the more better Cessna 150, time will tell if their idea plays out as expected.