I like our previous gen exterior better. Looks more truck-ish, altho my wife really likes the new style. The interior of the 06 is leaps and bounds above our 03 which is just horrible. I do like the layout and look of our interior, but the materials are about as bad as the old Sunfires.
The VUE is a very underrated small ute tho. It's a great hauler and has lots of useful cargo space. Definitely not an enthusiast choice or a choice for offroading (well, even not for light off-roading, I had to take some crap to the dump on the weekend and had to drive right into the landfill area and just about got stuck)
It's really comfy to drive as well, great visibility and it's a safe vehicle.