Granted, it was a prototype. I am no expert, but aren’t most sports cars lower? From what I’m understanding, all cars need to have a certain height requirement in the front thanks to a European pedestrian crash safety law – apparently too many people were dying b/c they were getting hit by cars and being thrown over the car (w/ a sharp, low front end that helps aerodynamics) – now, if you look at any sports car (MB CL, SL, or Maserati GranTurismo), the front of the car is very blunt and not pointed so that a person actually “bends” over the hood and doesn’t get thrown over.
I don’t think they drive on the opposite lanes in Germany.