9. Plymouth Valiant
Plymouth presented the Valiant in 1960. However, its development started in early 1957 after Chrysler realized it needed a small model to compete with the VW Beetle and American Motors Rambler. The company decided to invest a lot of time and money into a new project. Although the result was interesting, the Plymouth Valiant was aesthetically controversial. Designers at Plymouth styled the Valiant after the Chrysler concept cars from the late ’50s. As a result, it looked much more expensive and upscale compared to the rest of the compact car market. However, this gamble wasn’t successful since the Valiant had a strange appearance.
It looked like a mix of several designs that didn’t exactly work well together. To most people, the original early ’60s Valiant had a front end that looked it was drawn by one person and rear-end designed by another. Apparently, those two designers didn’t speak to each other The car was of unibody construction with a standard suspension that included front A-arms and a leaf spring set up in the back.