More of an oversight. But yes, a glitch. I tried all sorts of Subies until I realized that you can just preview the race beforehand...that helped a lot!
A friend of mine (who used to own an old Impreza, and an even older one before that) still swears by the SVX, he drove it at the dealership; 8 years later, he still wants one!
I was a passenger in one once before; the split window was a good idea that nobody's really copied since (AFAIK). At 65mph, you had almpost no wind noise with the partial-windows down!