Separated At Birth?

On the left, The 2006 Mercedes-Benz SCL-600 (or the 1996 F-200 Imagination) concept car, complete with joystick steering column. On the right, Ed Roth's Beatnik Bandit, with joystick steering - forty years earlier.

For more info on the SCL-600/F-200, click here.

Thanks to Ken Mitchroney for all the info!