The Last Real Packard - Road & Track
2016年6月25日 · Fifty years ago today, American automotive history lost one of its oldest carmakers when Packard—once the vanguard of American automotive luxury, the last great independent carmaker—faded into...
Last Packard—the classic American luxury car—produced
2009年11月13日 · The last Packard—the classic American luxury car with the famously enigmatic slogan “Ask the Man Who Owns One”—rolls off the production line at Packard’s plant in Detroit, Michigan on ...
August 19, 1958 - The last Packard - This Day In Automotive History
On this day in 1958 the last vehicle to carry the Packard name rolled off the assembly line. After a 1956 merger with Studebaker, Packard struggled to maintain the exclusivity it once held in the American auto market. Other factors, such as a recession in the 1950s and heavy competition from GM, Ford and Chrysler, resulted in the make’s demise.
June 25, 1956 – The last Packard leaves the Detroit plant
2023年6月25日 · The last true Packard rolled out of the Packard plant in Detroit on this day in 1956. The name lived for two more years on re-badged Studebakers built in Indiana. Packard is said to be born out of a feud that started in 1898 between James Ward Packard and Alexander Winton, the founder of Winton Automobiles.
The Last True Packards - The Truth About Cars
2015年6月17日 · Last week* was the 58th anniversary of the date that the last true Packard that was built in Detroit by the storied automaker. If you follow the conventional wisdom about Packard, one of the great American luxury car makers, two things are taken as truisms.
Packard - Wikipedia
Packard (formerly the Packard Motor Car Company) was an American luxury automobile company located in Detroit, Michigan. The first Packard automobiles were produced in 1899, and the last Packards were built in South Bend, Indiana, in 1958.
Remembering the Last Year for Packard Automobiles, 1958
2023年7月19日 · In January 1958, Packard launched its final model year, which the company had called a mid-year series. 1958 was not a good sales year overall for the auto industry, due to a economic downturn that year which was dubbed “the Eisenhower Recession.” A 1958 Packard coupe featured at an auto show (Packard Archives)
1957 and 1958 Packards - Wikipedia
The last Packard rolled off the South Bend assembly line on July 25, 1958. In 1962 the Studebaker-Packard Corporation officially dropped "Packard" from its name.
The Last of the Detroit-Built Packards | '56 Packard Man
On this day in 1956, 25 June, the last of the Detroit-built Packards were built. The production that day was twenty-four Clippers and eighteen Packards. Altogether, there had been 28,835 cars built for the 1956 model year – 18,482 Clippers and 10,353 Packards.
The Rearview Mirror: The Last Packard - The Detroit Bureau
2022年8月20日 · This week in 1958, the last car to wear the Packard name rolls off the assembly line in South Bend, Indiana, a humiliating denouement to a revered brand. For Blue Bloods, buying a car will never be the same.