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Car Show Classic: 1974 Chrysler Newport 4-Door Hardtop — Another Big Bet That Chrysler Never Got to Win
Posted on June 25, 2026 | 88 Comments(Updated 6/25/2026) Poor Chrysler. Poor, stupid, unlucky Chrysler. Was there another brand of what we used to call the “Big Three” that was so consistently star-crossed?

![1971 Chrysler Newport Royal: Chrysler’s Deadly Sin #6, The Underachieving Fuselage Years When I started at CC I would not have argued that this car was a Chrysler Deadly Sin. But I have gotten to the place where I believe (much as […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1971-Chrysler-Newport-Royal-07-Small.jpg)


