I'd rather have a 4 cylinder accord or mazda 6 over any gm midsize car. They may be a little better, but they have a long way to go. Even the Ford 500 seems like a nicer car imo.
And it actually looks a lot different than the other Grand Am/Grand Prix's out there. But ya gotta look hard. Easy indicator is the headlamps - the yellow running lights are in the headlamp assembly and not on the fogs like the Grand Prix. The Grand Am has a different setup as well. The grille is also different, as it's surrounded by chrome as opposed to black plastic in most of the above mentioned models...
The sunroof is cool but we didn't get it. Just another thing that can break, and has started to make very loud noises according to some people on a G6 board...