It’s doubtful John Q. Public ever stopped to count just how many body styles have graced domestic automobile chassis since the first engine was secured to a high-wheeled carriage. In fact, some of the more classic body types actually began as carriages before their transition into motor vehicles. As the auto industry has evolved, we’ve seen touring, club coupe, phaeton, business coupe, roadster, hardtop, station wagon, and so many more.
Yet there has always been one consistent seller for generations: four-door sedans. They were favored by numerous consumer groups, from budding families, to business types who preferred modest comfort while chauffeuring clients, and fleet managers looking for an economically minded utilitarian passenger cars for workaday service as police cars, taxis, and the like. And, of course, all those folks who just needed a decent car that could readily accommodate more than one guest rider.
Four-door sedans were built in numbers so great that they became ubiquitous on our nation’s highways and byways for almost as long as they’ve been in production.
Unfortunately, that popularity made the four-door sedan commonplace, and, as such, their ranking—and value, perceived or
