Yeah, but BW cartoon-likeness is easier to achieve than G1 cartoon-likeness because the BW show models were much more toy-accurate; literally based off 3D scans of the original toys. Whereas the G1 show models were initially reasonably toy-accurate sketches with an anime-mecha twist drawn by Kohara Shohei but were then simplified by Floro Dery.

e.g. Kohara's design for Sideswipe (left) vs Dery's design (right) - Sunbow ultimately ran with Dery's designs which is what TakaraTOMY are working with when translating these show models as MP toys. This is why MP Sideswipe's front wheels tuck inside instead of resting on the shoulders like the G1 toy. And the earlier MP Cars weren't as slavishly show accurate as more recent ones, hence why Sideswipe's rear wheels remain exposed on the MP toy instead of tucking in. Then Dery went and drew Red Alert with greater toy-accuracy (most likely to further differentiate him from Sideswipe), which is why the MP Alert toy ended up with faux-wheels on the shoulders, those tabs on the top of the chest etc. If the MP Lamborghinis were made today I reckon that Sideswipe's rear wheels would tuck in and Red Alert's shoulders would be completely replaced with massive wheels as shoulders (not attached to the sides of repainted Sideswipe shoulders).