IMO, it's definitely an improvement over the current MKZ.

 

I'd drive in it.

 

The dash definiately looks better than the 1980's style square dash... But it looks like a lot of different pieces and does not have a unified one piece look and flow. It also looks like it gets that awkward bulky protruding full width horizontal ledge (for wood or silver trim) like the MKS has which interrupts what could have been a nice waterfall for the enter stack from the top of the dash to the console.

 

Much, much better. One of the sore spots of the MKZ for me has been the interior. If the styling improvements come through and the interior looks as good in person as it does here this could be a tempting ride. If they somehow see fit to go even further and offer the GTDi 3.5L V6 as an option on the MKZ you'll need a SWAT team to keep me out of one assuming they can keep the price of entry below 40k.

PS: Could we ditch the ridiculous alphabet-soup nomenclature too? Zephyr sounds much better and was far more original.