OK - I can't say I have looked that closely but if it is so difficult to get to the blower motor assembly on these cars, is it not possible to come up with some sort of retrofit setup? Cut a hole and mount a blower in place of the radio - who knows but why give up on a car just because the blower is hard to get to?
Check out how hard it is to do a 97-03 Ford F150. The engineers have not learned much have they? Randy