Start with what the Chrysler Royal is: a 4-door sedan / 2-door coupe / 2-door convertible with 240.33 CID Chrysler I8, from Chrysler. What it meant takes a little longer. 509,874 were built.
The story
The Chrysler Royal was a full-size car produced by the Chrysler Corporation in the United States. It was first released in 1933 and continued being built until 1934. Then, the model ended production and did not return until 1937, and then continued until 1950.
What is underneath
The engine is 240.33 CID Chrysler I8; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 120 in (1933 Series CT) / 124 in (1931–1932 Series CD & CP) / 128 in (1933 Series CT LWB) / 116 in (1937 C-16) / 133 in (1937 C-16 LWB) / 119 in (1938–1939 C-16 & C-22) / 136 in (1. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
In the Chrysler line-up the Chrysler Royal has a clear place: it replaced the Chrysler Six; it handed the line to the Chrysler Airflow (1934) / Chrysler Windsor (six cylinder engine) / Chrysler Saratoga (eight cylinder engine); the factory was Jefferson Avenue Assembly. Nearby in the Chrysler catalogue sit the Chrysler Falcon and the Chrysler Chronos.