Funny, aesthetically, the thing that killed me in person was the horrible line in the front quarters between the sheet metal and the nose cap. This big vertical line going striaight down into the wheel well, looked terrible to me. Other than that, I like the styling quite a bit. My problem is I want the car pictured, but with sport susp, LSD, and the stability stuff.
On the interior, I found the plastics a bit "hard", but they always have been. The seats, steering wheel, guage pod is the best ever by a long shot. I agree with his comments on the top. I don't see how you lock the top in place from inside the car. Also, those gaps on the side of the top when down are huge. Those comments aside, fabulous top design and much better than the past cars.
The new 6 speed is supposed to be much better than the previous 6 speed. The 5 speeds were always good.
When I get to buy a 3rd car and spend $40k on it (3 years or so - fingers crossed) it will be hard - old Miata completely redone, new Miata, old 964 911 (each has so many pluses and minuses).