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I think that's just design convergence. It's not like Ladas and Yugos were statues of Lenin on wheels or anything. Cars look like cars because car is a very good shape for a car.
Its design convergence in response to strict safety & environmental regulations. There aren’t that many designs that will meet all of the constraints. For example, more effort to improve side overlap collisions requires beefier A-pillars.
Though it is changing a bit with the introduction of EVs which don’t need all the transmission and other components running under the floorboards.
Hot take, we might be better off if cars were less safe because people might drive more safely. Kind of like how rugby is safer than American football because they don’t wear helmets and lots of pads.
Seems more likely that American footballers need protective gear because it is more dangerous just as American school children need kevlar backpacks