I looked at this interior last night and again tonight and I'm just not a fan. Everything looks completely odd, from the goofy asymmetrical armrest to the in-line cup holders (I know, my 2008 has them too and I'm not a fan of them either), to the single large gauge in the center of the instrument cluster that houses a speedometer rather than a tach....just all sorts of touches with no real purpose that I can see other than to re-arrange things for the sake of re-arranging. Even the e-brake is on opposite side. The one thing I'm intrigued by is the dial/knob on the center console. Looks similar to what we might see in a BMW or Audi, so I'm curious about it's functionality. It could be really cool or really lame depending on the execution by Mazda.