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four-door hardtops Archive
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![By the late ’70s, America’s love affair with hardtops was winding down. A few two-door hardtops would linger for a while longer, but the lineage of the American four-door pillarless […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1978-Chrysler-Newport-Tapestry-Red-and-New-Yorker-Brougham-Formal-Black-4HT-front-3q-right-115x115.webp "1978 Chrysler Newport And New Yorker Brougham: The Last American Four-Door Hardtops")
1978 Chrysler Newport And New Yorker Brougham: The Last American Four-Door Hardtops
Posted on March 22, 2026 | 24 CommentsBy the late ’70s, America’s love affair with hardtops was winding down. A few two-door hardtops would linger for a while longer, but the lineage of the American four-door pillarless […] -
![In retrospect, however short-lived it turned out to be, one can safely assume that the arrival of the 4-door hardtop station wagon was inevitable. Both the station wagon and the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1957-Mercury-Commuter-and-1957-Oldsmobile-Golden-Rocket-88-Fiesta-115x115.webp "All Those Glamorous Four-Door Hardtops – Hardtop Station Wagons Of The 1950s")
All Those Glamorous Four-Door Hardtops – Hardtop Station Wagons Of The 1950s
Posted on September 15, 2025 | 27 CommentsIn retrospect, however short-lived it turned out to be, one can safely assume that the arrival of the 4-door hardtop station wagon was inevitable. Both the station wagon and the […] -
![Paul has previously presented a multipart survey of the many four-door hardtop models U.S. automakers offered in the 1950s and 1960s. But, how popular were these models in their day? […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1955-Buick-Century-Riviera-and-1978-Chrysler-Newport-4HT.webp "All Those Glamorous Hardtops, Appendix: How Common Were Four-Door Hardtops?")
All Those Glamorous Hardtops, Appendix: How Common Were Four-Door Hardtops?
Posted on May 10, 2025 | 34 CommentsPaul has previously presented a multipart survey of the many four-door hardtop models U.S. automakers offered in the 1950s and 1960s. But, how popular were these models in their day? […]
