Europe has a weapon to wield against Chinese carmakers: its design history

Walk around any city today and try to tell the cars apart. Go ahead, just try. They’re all smooth, rounded, anonymous blobs, shaped by the same wind tunnels and the same cost spreadsheets. But something is happening in Europe. The legacy automakers Renault and Citroën are rolling out more designs modeled after their most iconic silhouettes. At this month’s Paris Motor Show, Citroën unveiled an electric 2 CV Concept and a little delivery van to go with it, while Renault showed a reborn...