I, too, suffer from too much walking backwards. Art in my driveway. My hat's off to Mr. Stoddard.
As for inspiration, I noted this in an earlier post. Seems to be some Pegaso in are cars (click Pegaso attachments).

Also some inspiration in a Siata 208CS (click Siata attachments).

And even in an Aston Martin (click Aston Martin attachments).

And even in 60's American metal (click Vetta attachment).

Or even in some cheesy places (click Victress attachment).

With this history, the lines are new and classic at the same time. Still, looking at the pictures, no one did it better than Mr. Stoddard.

As you can see by what was on my computer, this style is a long time favorite of mine, and I couldn't be happier to see it in a modern vehicle.