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Packard, formerly the Packard Motor Car Company, was an American luxury automobile company in Detroit, Michigan. The first Packard automobiles were produced in 1899 and the last were built in South Bend, Indiana, in 1958. It was one of the Three Ps, alongside Peerless and Pierce-Arrow, known for high-quality luxury cars before the Second World War. It produced innovations including the modern steering wheel and air conditioning in a passenger car. It merged with Studebaker in 1953 and the brand was phased out in 1959.

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Founded Year
1899 1
Status
Acquired 1
Chronology
Dissolved Year
1956 1
Company Type
Company Type (category)
Private 1
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The Packard 200 is an automobile model produced by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan during model years 1951 and 1952

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The Packard 300 is an automobile built and sold by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan for model years 1951 and 1952

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The Packard Caribbean is a full-sized luxury car that was made by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, during model years 1953 through 1956

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The Packard Clipper is an automobile series built by the Packard Motor Car Company

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introduced for the 1940 model year (18th series) by the Packard Motor Car Company

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The Packard Eight was a luxury automobile produced by Packard between 1924 and 1936, returning for one last year in 1938

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The Packard Executive was an automobile produced by the Packard-Clipper Division of the Studebaker-Packard Corporation in 1956

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The Packard Motor Car Company introduced their first four-cylinder engine in 1903

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The Packard Four Hundred was an automobile built by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana during model years 1955 and 1956

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It was the sportiest of the four Packard-badged Studebakers produced in 1958, the final year of Packard production

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The Packard Ninth Series Light Eight Model 900 was an automobile model produced by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan only during model year 1932

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The name Mayfair was applied to the 1951–1953 Packard 250 as a hardtop coupe nameplate built by the Packard Motor Corporation

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Packard Model F (1901–1903)

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Packard Model G is a two cylinder car built in 1902 by the former American automobile manufacturer Ohio Automobile Company

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The Packard Eighteenth Series One-Ten was a range of six-cylinder automobiles produced by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan during the 1940 and 1941 model years

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The Packard Twelfth Series One-Twenty is an automobile produced by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, from 1935 to 1937 and from 1939 through the 1941 model years

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The Packard Pacific is an automobile manufactured by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan for the 1954 model year

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The Packard Panther is a concept car built in 1954 by Packard

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The Packard Patrician is an automobile which was built by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, from model years 1951 through 1956

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The Packard Six was a series of luxury automobiles built over several generations by Packard from 1913 until 1947

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The Packard Station Sedan was a luxury station wagon model produced by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan between 1948 and 1950

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Source Packard Super Eight (Wikipedia)Lead
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The Packard Super Eight was the larger of the two eight-cylinder luxury automobiles produced by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan

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The Packard Twelve was a range of V12-engined luxury automobiles built by the Packard Motor Car Company in Detroit, Michigan

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Large orders for the new design were placed, with Packard, Brewster & Co., and the Fisher Body Corporation

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1. Packard (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox: fate
    Merged with Studebaker to form Studebaker-Packard in 1954; 'Packard' brand name dropped in 1962
  • Infobox: founded
    1899
  • Infobox: defunct
    1956
  • Infobox: type
    Private (1899-1956)
  • In Group: Automobiles and Components Companies in the United States, Lead section
    Packard (formerly the Packard Motor Car Company) was an American luxury automobile company located in Detroit, Michigan.
  • Operates In: Automotive Industry, Lead section
    Packard (formerly the Packard Motor Car Company) was an American luxury automobile company located in Detroit, Michigan.
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