By Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky from the January 63 issue of Popular Mechanics magazine

Now that we've all had more than a first glimpse of all the new cars and can spot them a block away, let's really look at them, find out if they really deserve that backward glance you gave them when they first rolled down Main Street. Which 1963 styling ideas – inside as well as outside – could become worthwhile new trends in automotive design as opposed to purposeless reshaping of sheet metal or trim? Which changes in design detail best reflect their functions, the jobs they are supposed to perform? To answer these questions, Popular Mechanics asked famed automotive designer Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky to select and illustrate what he felt were the most meaningful new design features on the '63 cars. For over 30 years, Count de Sakhnoffsky's designs have been synonymous with excitment and innovation in automotive styling and his clients have ranged from the down-to-earth White Motor Company truck to special-bodied sportsters and the sky blue dream of the Preston Tucker car. "Pick out," we told Count de Sakhnoffsky, "the most significant new elements in styling you can find in the '63s." He has done this on the following pages (shown below). See if you agree with his choices.