Cars Shaped Like Cubes

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there a point to making cars as aerodynamic as possible. I have seen so many cars lately in the shape of boxes or pretty close to a box. I know this sounds crazy, but I do have experience with aerodynamics (I made a pine wood derby car in scouts). The car that one the race the most often was the wedge shaped car. The car with the least amount of wind resistance. These days however I see cars like....











What were they thinking when they built these cars. The prototype looked a bit like this...










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So what's next are our sports cars going to bricks on wheels. All I know is the car looks shitty and can be confused with a UPS truck...