I recently traded my IX in on a X. My IX's job was strictly track, and that's what I had intended for the X. That is before driving it. I was so (pleasantly) surprised by how much better the X was to drive on the street than the IX, my entire plan was turned upside down. The X is much more stable, less noisy, and MUCH more comfortable than my IX was. A little before I got it home, I actually turned on the radio, and pre-set my stations. The IX was so much like a 4-wheel sportbike, that using the radio never even occurred to me. I personally have no problems with the fit and finish of the interior. Then again, I'm also one of many who traded in their prior-gen Evo for the new X. To us, function comes first, and form a distant second. For $30K, I have more performance and capability than most cars costing twice that much. To me, that's what the Evo is all about. When the rumors started trickling out about the new X being a fat, plushy Cadillac, the internet boards erupted with unanimous disapproval. What we actually got was a car with arguably better handling than the prior gens, and an interior that was now comfortable enough to make me want to drive it on the street. The buttons and switches all do what they're supposed to do, I can adjust the A/C and radio with just a twist of a knob(compared to my wife's 535 which requires you to go into the fricken i-drive, and perform 15 steps just to change the damn radio station), and the minimal amount of knobs and switches the mighty Evo does have, are right where I would expect them to be. To sum up my impression... the car is IMO a better platform performance-wise than the prior generation Evo, and it also is now a nice car to take your wife out to dinner in. Do I wish Mitsu upgraded the interior like Subaru did with the Sti? Not in the slightest. In fact, I'm glad to hear Sti driver will have a nice, comfy place to console himself, after yet another Evo has just left him in the weeds.