Cars you wished were put into production.
I give you the 1960 Plymouth XNR
This concept was Plymouth’s answer to the Corvette, and it was gorgeous, with an asymmetric design that featured a dorsal fin that extended from just behind the driver’s head to the trailing edge of the car.
Legendary Chrysler Corporation design chief Virgil Exner had a passion for sports cars. Attempting to inspire a production model, he designed a series of brilliant concepts that, one after another, failed to win approval from company executives.
The XNR was Exner’s last concept car for Chrysler as he was forced to retire in 1962. Like most Chrysler concepts, it was sold overseas after its show car career ended. After changing hands a few times, it rode out the Lebanese civil war hidden in a basement, later emerging to be fully restored and win the Gran Turismo trophy at the prestigious 2011 Pebble Beach Concours. It sold for a little under a million at auction in 2012.
