The best part is, it is expected to get around 30 MPG highway.

Hmm. Let's see. That's 1 MPG more than a freakin' Camaro nearly twice the weight and with more than twice the horsepower! And if GM were to build a "CEUBE or BOXX or BRIKK" designed to look like a crossbreed between a pitbull and the ottoman it humped...using the Camaro V6 drive train with 304 HP...the automotive world would ridicule, denounce, and mock the notion.
Yeah, I think it is all about perception at this point...