[jasonwatkinspdx]

Occasionally something close to a concept car gets to production.

I had a Subaru SVX that looked like this one: https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2003_su...

That car was designed by ItalDesign in Italy, a firm famous for many iconic sports and concept car designs. In the OP you see quite a few examples of their work. The inset windows are something of a signature of theirs, as it allows the upper roof area to be more sloped.

Anyhow, it was a pretty striking car to drive around. Unfortunately the US version was only ever sold with a mushy and failure prone transmission. So despite having a rather nice 230 HP flat six engine, a wide stance, and a suspension that would be quite sporting when stiffened up, it never really ate into the low end BMW or Porsche market it was targeted at.

[Grazester]

I dream of a turbo SVX with a manual from a wrx swap. Then again I dream of a lot of Japanese cars from this era, like a Mazda Euno Comos with the 20b rotary and a manual swap also