The front end everybody keeps having a heart-attack about isn't omg so horrendous in real life. It resembles an RX-8 and flows pretty nicely with the rest of the car. Overall, it’s nice but there’s not enough improvements per say (performance wise) to trade in a 1st GEN for one of these. What I liked most about the 10' is the clutch and shifting feel, everything else felt just like my 08' pretty much.