This is where everyone needs to be reminded that our test car stickered for about $15,000. Therefore, we can live with the hard plastics, especially since they felt durable and substantial, not to mention that all the grains matched. However, we wished the gloss level was more consistent. Despite the interior's hard nature, most of the surfaces, including the buttons and switchgear, were solid and secure. The spongy cloth upholstery felt as though it'd wear easily, yet it was preferred to the stiff material offered in the Toyota Yaris. But even the Yota's seats weren't as bad as the SX4's headliner, which appeared to be a cheap piece of cardboard with an ultra thin layer of fabric glued on top.