I think the design, inside and out, was a missed opportunity. Back in the day the designers at GM had a lot more balls, just look at the difference between a 1962 Corvette and a 1963 Corvette:
But it seems the leadership at GM decided the new mid-engine Corvette had to comply with corporate styling rules, so they took the C7 and the Camaro and mashed them together. In the end I don't think the end result is an ugly car. I even like the interior, in a function over form sort of way. But it does come off as rather generic.
When I heard that GM was going mid-engine with the Corvette, I didn't like it, but I did immediately think of one of my favorite American supercars of all time:
But the car GM is releasing will not have a manual transmission, which is a punch in the gut, and it's definitely not a jaw dropping, innovative design. It's almost like GM saw what Honda did with the NSX and decided to go one better. I think it will be infinitely more successful than the new NSX, and I hold out hope for a manual eventually, but this is just the base model car, so we will see where it goes.