First of all, I like the looks of this car. Then again, I didn't hate the Sebring's look like many people, I did think it looked a bit rough or unfinished, but I thought it wouldn't look bad with a bit more work.
Second, are these fuel consumption figures for the 4-cylinder/6-speed really correct? 10,5/6,4 is just plain awful, overall it's worse than the 4-speed version. OK, it seems they have favored acceleration over fuel economy if the car really is 11% faster as they claim, but people don't generally buy midsize sedans with 4-cylinder engines for performance. If they wanted to go fast, they'd go for the V6 (which fuel economy isn't that much worse). They should have done like GM with the Malibu and programmed the transmission for fuel economy first.