The interior from 2008 isn't THAT bad.....It's a comfortable (though large) cockpit. Seats are the cheapest leather you can imagine and the wheel is from a Cobalt. All compromises to keep the cost of the rest of the hardware down. It's still a great bang for the buck that can be made to dance nicely. It's a different car than the Z. The customer base is largely anal retentive old guys with few buying the car for it's real overall performance potential, which is a shame really. Many even dial out their camber so their tires don't wear on the way to car shows. It's an image car that has a large and loyal following. That said it just wasn't me.
Interior, not so bad:
And a pretty good dance partner when you have room to roam:
My Audi buddys laughed a lot...