Car design stalled

Sitting in stationary traffic at road works, I mused on the design of cars as they came past. There are some truly awful designs these days: bling in the form of meaningless chrome, pointless body mouldings with unrelated shapes and crude double radiator grilles. Then there are the stupid names. Where is the class of cars exemplified by models such as the Citroen DS (left)? Andy Gore-Barton, Cheltenham