XR-6 was an American project roadster announced in the spring of 1962 by LeRoi Smith, associate editor of Hot Rod magazine. It was a futuristic street roadster styled by the artist Steve Swaja, with a Dodge slant-six engine and automatic transmission taken from a Chrysler factory test car. The original plan for a fiberglass body was dropped because the car was to have opening doors, and a steel 1927 Model…