As jayonator pointed out about the Deloreans, the mid 70's Turbo Porsches used the wider rear tire principle to compensate for its tail happy antics.
2003 Mercedes SLK320's came with 205/55/16's on the front and 225/50/16's on the rear.
Actually Chrysler started the whole staggered tire "Street car" concept over 40 years ago with the AAR Cudas, and TA Challengers.
But it was 1964 when you could get skinny front tires mounted on light weight mag wheels, and huge fat rear tires mounted on deep dish steel wheels on their "Light Weight" Dodge and Plymouth Hemi Drag cars, right from the factory.
Oh yeah, and let's not forget Vipers have staggered tire sizes also.