The Howard

I was just wondering if the car, the "Howard", was based on an actual car. In case anyone else was wondering someday, I found this article which purports that the car is a "prop" car, but could possibly be based on something called the "GEM". Sure looks like it to me.

http://jalopnik.com/5128742/jalopnik-gem+powered-detroit-auto-show-mobile-command-center