This was SEAT's first car to be entirely developed in their own design center (though it still had Fiat-derived underpinnings), and as such was a source of Spanish automotive pride. I've never actually seen one in person, but I think they're one of the best examples of mid-late 70s hot hatch design (it was made from…

These were also sold as Ford's "Versailles" in Brazil -where the Santana was a really good-selling car-

This being Jalopnik, I hope to remember this post whenever there's a ranking about "Creepiest Car Ever".

While the Ardex failed to qualify, this twin-boom Italian actually raced back in '55. The driver sat in one 'torpedo' and the engine sat in the other. The car might have done well against the big-budget competition, but it was literally swept off the road by the vortex of air coming off a passing Jaguar D-Type.

Old, diesel, and european? C'mon, this is Jalopnik

I'm sorry to tell you this, but there are some folks who went around that issue way before, with a similar system. You'll probably have heard about them, since they also designed your car (apart from other not-so-brilliant things, as crimes against humanity and mass murders).

Well, if a '75 MG can do it, I guess that it must be an issue common enough to be worried about. It would have been an interesting situation, minus crushed legs, probably the only time in history in which someone would blame Lucas Electrics for working properly.

I don't really know what the problem is here since I am used to cars that can be started without having to press clutch pedal, but, if the car is in gear the engine will die anyway, or is it that these trucks' engines have so much torque that they will keep running with the gear fully engaged at idle?

If you are gonna' go, why not go with a bang?

Actually, this same joke was a famous sketch by brazilian comedians "Os Trapalhões"

This may be nonsense, but all those reaaaally small CF dusty bits suspended in the air is safe? I mean, the driver is well isolated in case it was dangerous anyway, but it can be as thick as asbestos, so once it is freed from the polymer surrounds, I am curious if it could become a potential hazard for bystanders.

It could be worse, like the one time when an intoxicated X5 driver tried to park in an underground parking, only to find that it was subway's entrance.

I can see a lot of cues here, de-distorting proportions, and it makes sense somehow: Opalas were facelifted Opels, budget was an issue because they were (most of the time) just for Brazil's domestic market, and while I don't know to what extent were they inspired by this concept (if they were), it doesn't sound…

This looks suspiciously a great deal like Opel's brazilian cousin, Chevrolet Opala...

That wasn't the best photo you could have placed. IMO, this one is far better:

Ferves wants to say Ciao!

It looks just like one of those Gran Turismo replay videos up to the point when you see the car actually can deform itself.

Almost, but hey, at least it's something!

Leave drunk Kimi alone, he always knows what he is doing...

Maybe, someday, it will get made. I doubt it though.