Ok, taste aside, but it's not good to be so far away from the average level of force applied at the pedal in other cars.
Plus, I just remembered, there is an entry in Tis regarding servos. Later models have a servo with an extra valve that gives more assistance under emergency braking conditions. Now, if that's not an admission of some level of guilt or desire for more assistance, I don't know what is.
It does take some getting used to, but I had a mk1 mondeo, and the brakes where stonking in that. Once over the whamo at what seems like the slightest touch, the first time their used.
In fact the new Astra vxr is very similar, as the sales rep complained of whip lash at the first junction on the test drive.