the designer left Chrysler before the car was complete. Another suggestion is that the car was created entirely by Ghia, and was styled by Luigi Segre. The body of the Asimmetrica was fabricated using the same body bucks that Ghia had originally built for the XNR. This car is closer to a production vehicle than its predecessor, with features that were omitted on the XNR, such as door handles, a full windshield, and, although often termed a roadster, a full folding top. The XNR's off-center power bulge and rear fin remained, although the fin was substantially reduced, and one of each pair of headlamps was moved from the grille to a pod faired into the front sides of the front fenders, leaving just two headlamps in the narrower grille opening. The marker lamp recessed into the front lower side of the front wheelarch brow was also moved to a pod below the headlamp. Like the XNR, the Asimmetrica is built on a Valiant chassis, and is powered by a Slant-6 engine with the Hyper Pak performance package. It is reported that Ghia hoped to put the car into limited production themselves, but was unable to arrange financing. Some sources also suggest that a run of twenty-five of the cars was planned, but that only one or two were completed. In March 1962, a related hardtop version, called the Coupé St. Régis, was shown alongside the Asimmetrica at the Geneva Auto show. The Asimmetrica at the Geneva show was sold to French author Georges Simenon following the event. It was later sold by Rob de la Rive Box and Roger Meyer to the Blackhawk Collection, where it underwent an extensive restoration lasting a full year, after which it was shown at the 1990 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. The car was then sold to a collector in the American Pacific Northwest. An Asimmetrica was sold at RM Sotheby's 2018 Monterey Car Week auction for $335,000 (inclusive of applicable buyer's fee). The chassis number of this car was 1102224086, indicating that it began life as a Valiant V100 four-door sedan with a basic LG engine making , and was built in 1960 at what was then Chrysler's Hamtramck assembly plant. References External links XNR Rear-wheel-drive vehicles Roadsters Cars introduced in 1960