Chinese cars already look and feel like soulless machines because they're all copycats of Teslas, from the the smooth and "aerodynamic" exteriors to their minimalist interiors that have a GIANT INFOTAINMENT SCREEN that controls most of the car, they have very few physical controls, and some cars don't even have an instrument panel display.
One example of a Chinese car getting worse with a redesign is the 2nd generation XPeng P7, which made the outsides more techy and edgy, and XPeng doubled down on the amount of tech in the interior:
1st Gen P7:
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2nd Gen P7:
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