Weren't we just talking about looks? Or are you deflecting again? You're missing your own point. First (speaking of the CX-5's Touring/GT interior) you said, "That's a ton of same-color, Looks very cheap, I'm sure it's quality feeling, etc.".
The first picture is not an M3 interior as you claim (it's missing the stitched steering wheel and M badge, and the cluster needles aren't red). It is the interior of an E92 coupe, and it has a ton of same-color, which by your own admission, looks very cheap.
Then you said "Simple is absolutely fine, but it must be executed with elegance, a'la E92 M3."
The M3 interior is basically the same as the coupe interior in terms of design (aka execution), it just has some color. Which apparently to you, equals elegance, because the interior is otherwise the same as the E92 coupe's (which according to your statement earlier, looks very cheap).