WIW 62 Lancer

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The Lancer with its pointed hood and bumper, and disjointed grille with floating headlights just never appealed to me. I always liked the prominent shield-shaped grille of the Valiant, similar to the big Chryslers of that era, and even the 300 of more recent years, and the blacked-out Signet grille gave it even more depth. But I could be prejudiced having grown up with Valiants in the family. The Lancer was created as more up-scale, and I think sales numbers weren't shabby, however it was dropped in favor of the Dart as the Valiant near-twin after '62.