-With Chrysler Corp.'s share of the U.S. auto market once again declining (to 10% in early November), Detroiters were unsurprised when Chief Chrysler Stylist Virgil (Forward Look) Exner, 52, resigned to make room for Elwood Paul Engel, 44, who was netted in a raid on Ford's styling staff. A disciple of flamboyant ex-Ford Stylist George Walker (TIME cover, Nov. 4, 1957), New Jersey-born Designer Engel was largely responsible for the clean, squared-off 1961 Lincoln. Chrysler President Lynn Townsend, who desperately wants the same golden touch for his cars, has ordered Engel to report directly to him to make sure that...
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