It was available as a four-door sedan with a 298.7 cu in (4.9 L) straight-eight engine and a generous amount of comfort and space for the passengers, and a two-door Business Coupe - though no records show one was ordered and built.

[2][3] For 1939 it was expanded with two more coupe versions and a two-door sedan and a larger, more powerful engine from Imperial,[2] and it took on the "New Yorker" name, dropping the "Special" tag.

[8][9][10] Chrysler offered the New Yorker as the luxury car to compete with the Cadillac Series 61, Buick Roadmaster, and Packard Super Clipper listing the four-door sedan at US$2,073 ($28,287 in 2023 dollars [5]) before optional equipment.

[8] The Chrysler Town and Country models included exterior wood body panels with luxurious appearance until the line became exclusively as a station wagon.

At the same time, the Saratoga was repositioned as lower in the hierarchy, offering the straight eight with plainer trim with cloth upholstery available in several colors, the 135 hp (101 kW) Spitfire straight-eight engine, and a roomy interior featuring "chair height" seats.

[20] The 1953 model year New Yorker had a less bulky look with the wheelbase reduced to 125.5 in (3,190 mm), a one-piece curved windshield, rear fenders integrated into the body, and pull-style exterior door handles.

For the 1955 model year, Chrysler introduced new designs that borrowed styling cues from Virgil Exner's custom 1952 Imperial Parade Phaeton.

The New Yorker gained a new mesh grille, leather seats, pushbutton TorqueFlite selector, and a 354 cubic inch Hemi V8 with 280 hp (209 kW).

The 1963 model year New Yorker used Chrysler's wholly redesigned body with only the windshield showing traces of the previous Forward Look designs.

A new, more luxurious Salon four-door hardtop was added at midyear as a trim package in the U.. Engine output was 340 hp (254 kW) and the wheelbase was 122 in (3,100 mm).

Changes for the 1964 model year included a new grille, a larger rear window, and small tailfins giving the car a boxier look from the side.

[34] All 1965 model-year Chryslers (as well as full-sized Plymouth and Dodge models) were built on an all-new C-body unibody platform that featured a bolt-on, rubber-isolated front subframe.

Elwood Engel designed the 1965 New Yorker (and all Chrysler models) with styling cues from his 1961 Lincoln Continental — slab sides with chrome trim along the top edges of the fenders.

The styling began to share some visual similarities with Chrysler Motors' premium luxury sedan, the Imperial, which received an all-new appearance in 1964.

[36] The August 1968 introduction of the 1969 model year full-size Chryslers unveiled an all-new "Fuselage Styling" that shared with all C-body cars, including the completely restyled Imperial.

The listed retail price for the four-door hardtop sedan was US$6,611 ($40,844 in 2023 dollars [5]) and 13,165 were sold, while the St. Regis appearance option package returned from the mid-1950s and was added mid-year offering fixed formal opera windows, body paint accent stripes and a forward half-covered vinyl covered roof.

The 1976 New Yorker inherited the front and rear-end styling of the discontinued Imperial, including the covered headlights flanking the vertical waterfall split grille topped with a hood ornament.

The Imperial styling gave the New Yorker an unforeseen boost in sales, as the car looked distinctly different from the lower-priced Newport.

Upgrades included premium upholstery in leather or plush fabrics, enhanced woodgrain interior trim, and additional exterior badging.

In 1977, the standard 440 cu in (7.2 L) V8 engine was revised to include a new computer-controlled "lean burn" system, allowing for more responsive acceleration and performance, but was aimed to improve fuel efficiency.

The last year of the C-body New Yorker Broughams saw engineering changes, including a revised windshield wiper linkage bushing, redesigned front and rear plastic fender extensions for the bumpers, and thinner glass.

Hidden headlamps and full-width taillights distinguished it from its R-body siblings, the Chrysler Newport, Dodge St. Regis and Plymouth Gran Fury.

[43] The interior offered a front bench seat with a 60/40 split upholstered in Richton cloth and vinyl with a folding center armrest.

[49] The E-platform New Yorker came with state-of-the-art 1980s technology, including a digital dashboard and Electronic Voice Alert, which spoke notifications such as "A door is ajar"; "Please fasten your seat belts"; "Don't forget your keys"; "Thank you" (after fastening the seat belt, closing the door tightly or removing the key from the ignition switch); "Your engine oil pressure is low - prompt service is required".

The redesigned New Yorker for 1988 was larger (see Chrysler C platform), with many underbody and suspension components carried over and sharing much of its design with the rebadged variant, the Dodge Dynasty.

Although no special anniversary edition or recognition was offered at the time, it turned out to be the most popular New Yorker of the model run with over 100,000 units produced that year.

The Landau model was dropped for 1991 but Salon was upgraded and included more standard equipment, hidden headlights, vertical taillights, and a traditional Chrysler grille.

The final generation of the New Yorker continued with front-wheel drive on an elongated version of the new Chrysler LH platform and was shown at the 1992 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

The general LH appearance, still based on the cab forward exterior design of the 1987 Lamborghini Portofino concept, with its aerodynamic shape, made for little wind noise inside this large car.

Head units include a radio with either cassette or CD playback, and up to a five-band adjustable graphic equalizer, with joystick balance and fade control.