Since you mentioned it, actually, the wheelbase is more meaningful when it comes to handling and ride characteristics. All Imperials are BIG cars. I don't see what a few extra inches of bumper, or black rubber bumperettes, really has to do with very much of anything at all. Paul In a message dated 5/28/2004 5:45:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, hugtrees@xxxxxxxx writes: > > > I asked about which year yielded the biggest ever Imperial. Usually such a > request is snapped up like a duck on a June bug, but not this time. I think > there was general agreement that length was the key indicator, and also, > pretty much, we were talking about regular production models, not vehicles > that were subsequently stretched by an outside company. I started looking > myself, in a Collector's Guide I have and then our own Imperial club web > site and I have realized why the silence. Instead of length, a fairly > useful measurement and not, one would have thought, impossible to obtain, we > seem to be plagued by all but useless 'wheel base' numbers. There may be a > marginal benefit to knowing wheel base but, in real terms, it describes > little except to hint at what the real length is. What a drag. > > Hugh > > > >