New to the fourm and just bought first wagon!

Very cool 62 Dart wagon. The 62's did have odd styling, but I always thought the styling and proportions looked better on the wagons than on the sedans.
Chrysler did indeed mis-read the information gathered by their industrial spies. And the unpopular styling did cost Virgil Exner his job.
Chrysler had learned that Chevrolet and Ford were both working on smaller cars for the 62 model year, but since the compact Corvair and Falcons were already in production, Chrysler assumed (incorrectly) that the 62 Galaxies and Impalas would be down sized. After all, Lincoln had successfully down sized the 61 Continental sedan and convertible. And compacts like the Valiant, Falcon, and Corvair were an instant hit with consumers.
So, Virgil's staff went quickly back to the drawing board and created the B-body 62's.
Chevrolet's down sized 62 model ended up being the Chevy II Nova, and Ford's down sized 62 model ended up being the Fairlane. Impalas and Galaxies remained as big as ever.
On the plus side, most of Chrysler's most memorable cars from the 60's and early 70's owe their existance to those early B-body Dodges and Plymouths.

 

Well done Ervin!

Thanks Mark and cool rendering!