Hard to Park: The 5 Longest Sedans of 1973

1973 Oldsmobile 98, Longest Sedans — Stretching 230.3 inches stem-to-stern, the Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight ranks 3rd on our list of the longest sedans of 1973.

As a follow up to our Hard to Park: The Longest Cars of 1975 blog post, we looked back two years further, to 1973. As it turns out, the average car on our 1973 list is almost an inch and a half shorter than those on our ’75 list (231.4 inches versus 232.9), but the longest single car is a ’73 model.

Garage Specs — The average contemporary new-house garage is about 19 feet long.

At 19.3 feet long, the average of our longest cars would not fit inside the garage of the average new-construction house–most of those measure exactly 19 feet in length.

It’s worth noting that the Consumer Guide ’73 buying guide from which we pulled these figures makes no mention of the length of any of the vehicles listed here, nor any difficulty that might be encountered when attempting to parallel park. Instead, a surprising amount of text is dedicated to the updates all of these cars received in the name of reducing emissions output.

Again, if you’ve spent time with one of these hard-to-park classics, let us know. We’d love to hear about it.

Hard to Park: The Longest Cars of 1975

Hard to Park: The Longest Cars of 1977

Hard to Park: The Longest Cars of 1979

Hard to Park: The Longest Cars of 1988

Chrysler Imperial: 235.3 inches (19.6 feet)