…this included one of my family’s cars; a 1963 Plymouth Valiant post sedan…in the era just beyond the Virgil Exner- inspired “Forward Look” of the ’57-’60 models, Chrysler designers produced some exceptionally oddball cars…our Valiant, which in the family was known as ” the scarab beetle” was, indeed, weird-looking….

…the front end featured a grill looking like that of a whale shark in feeding mode…large and gaping…but the true weirdness involved the bustle-like trunk lid…replete with a faux-spare tire ornament ala that on the Imperials…and flanked by canted cat’s eye tail lights…

…I can well remember my Dad’s ( who loved big block Buicks and Pontiacs) silent embarrassment, when one of his “car guy” friends took one look at “Prince”…and started laughing so hard that he nearly fell over…

…that didn’t stop me from very fond memories of this unique car…as at age 8, and sitting in my Dad’s lap…was the first car I ever “drove”…(in a large lot at nearby Frontier Park in Cheyenne)…

…this design lasted precisely 3 model years (’61_’63)…and was then replaced by a much more upright and slab_sided offering in ’64 …

Very well said. I agree with you completely. I would also add that the writer needs to do surveys or something to do an article like this instead of basing it on their own personal opinion about such claims about vehicles and should also do fact checks when giving information on the vehicles instead of publishing incorrect information such as saying the Chevy Laguna was only produced for 2 years when it was actually built for 4 years and in the S-3 version it used 2 different nose and different tail designs and the nose designs were used for 2 years each. Tail designs I can’t remember if there were 2 or 3 designs. It also had 2 different rear quarter side window designs and while any Laguna is a scarce sight today, the more rare are the rare Laguna S-3 which were ordered with T-Tops, and of those with T-Tops the rarest of the rare were equipped with the 454 and I am not sure if any of the 454 T-Top cars were built with the optional 4 speed manual transmission, although I have seen one about 25 years ago that the owner claimed was built that way from the factory and was ordered new by his father. Unfortunately a lot of the production information for the Laguna’s is difficult to find.

Well said, even though I am not familiar with the BMW you mentioned I agree with you the Kharman Ghia and SAAB 99 were great cars

This article seems to be just the writers personal opinion. Some of the cars listed are far from forgotten and are actually quite popular and sought after and some of the information provided is incorrect. The Chevy ElCamino mentioned in the GMC Sprint post was very very popular, and is sought after today and was not an ugly design. Next, the Chevy Laguna was not only made for 2 years but was built for 4 years with 2 different nose designs and 2 tail designs.