Yep, they don't need to be "ugly". But I don't think there is much to do with design, I guess all shapes have been already designed for these cars, and they al

Yep, they don't need to be "ugly". But I don't think there is much to do with design, I guess all shapes have been already designed for these cars, and they all invariably end up being a sort of caricature of a "real size" car, more or less the inside needs to be big enough to house the driver and passenger (that do not and cannot shrink) whilst the outside is reduced in size as much as possible leading to things that are "stubby". The only two exceptions I know are (like it or hate it) the already mentioned Renault Twizy that has a somewhat unconventional design and the Microlino which is a sort of (good ol') Isetta replica: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20745339 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20745339 https://microlino-car.com/en/microlino https://microlino-car.com/en/microlino