The Beetle took the rounded car look to the extreme and was very much influenced by the 40s cars in a much smaller package.
It’s kind of interesting that the 20s and early 30s cars were more square and chiseled with long hoods and rounded fenders while the early 40s and 50s cars were much more rounded overall with shorter noses.
Funny how the design swung back to chiseled with longer hoods in the 60s and 70s before rounding off bit a bit before the square body resurgence of the 80s...then the pendulum swung back again.
Now we have rounded bodies with chiseled accents and short noses.
