I don't know if many people would consider the puma an icon, and this is clearly AI, but I'd like it if the puma went in this sort of direction for the next gen, sportier, leaner, and less bulbous. The current puma design is solid, and it's been so well received, this would probably build on that momentum. If it looked like this and came to the US, Ford would have a hit on their hands. 

So many interesting cars in this collection. As great as the Ford GTS and mustangs are, I'm really drawn to that interceptor concept, and that airstream concept as well. That interceptor design has aged really gracefully imo, and something like that van concept is something I'd like to see make a comeback as a high style lifestyle van, with some tweaks, it would be great for the van life crowd. 

That 1938 Ambulance is from a town that I live near...wonder how they winded up with it. 

Well technically a Mid engine vehicle is nothing more then car with an engine in front of its transmission or rear axle, so basically you could make the argument of just swapping the front with the rear subframes, but I don't think it is that easy 😛 

That wasn’t a mass produced platform it was a one off bespoke vehicle which they then modified for the GR1 which was also a one off concept car.  

You are making an observation. I'm giving you the inference.

Sweet lookin' beast for sure.....not sure how well it would have sold in a 4 door dominated sales landscape.  

How resource intensive is it to engineer a platform that can accommodate both front and mid engine layouts? It's gonna be more expensive than engineering a normal car platform for sure, but do we know how much more expensive it is? 

Sedan sales were falling for decades as truck and utility sales increased.  That made it easy for mfrs to discontinue them in favor of more CAFE friendly models and/or to divert those resources to new BEVs.  It’s a combination of all those things.  Take one away and it might be different.

With modifications, sure.