While other automakers look back on Model Year 1962 with satisfaction, about the only thing the men at Chrysler Corp. can be thankful for is that it is finally over. The styling of its '625, which Chrysler called "European," was so out of pace with public taste that Chrysler's share of the market is now only 9.1,% against 18% five years ago. But last week, showing off its new models to newsmen, Chrysler's brass summoned up a heady optimism for '63. Reason: the fast turn-around given to the company's models and management by new President Lynn Alfred Townsend, 43, a tall,...
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