Comments on: Legendary Packard nameplate, prototype up for sale

By: zoomnbyu

zoomnbyu — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:13:01 +0000

Wow. The chassis is kind of stunning (checked it out on the web). Nothing against nostalgia, but sheesh this car is ugly. There would be such a limited market for a new Packard that it could never be profitable. Better off resurrecting the Avanti(again!).

By: inline6

inline6 — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:44:15 +0000

I LOVE Packard. I have read many books on the manufacturer’s history and often think about what might have been if Packard jumped aboard the Nash-Hudson merger to form American Motors in ‘54. That was the plan all along.

But a well-run, if moribund Packard merged with a Studebaker that was run so poorly no one knew their break-even point until after Packard bought ‘em out. And once Romney was running AMC, with Nance at the helm of S-P, merger possibilities vanished in the political fight as to which dynamic personality would lead the company.

Packard died earlier than Studebaker (in ‘58 versus ‘66) because the board believed that Studebaker stood a better chance at survival because of their higher sales volumes, and no one cared to continue bastardizing the proud Packard name by continuing to re-trim Studebakers.

Had Nash, Hudson, and Packard merged, they’d probably still be alive today. I hope someone buys the Packard name and turns the company into an American Rolls-Royce, and not just another cottage industry neo-classic manufacturer like Avanti was from 1965-92.

By: zoomzoomer

zoomzoomer — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:48:13 +0000

LOL.. sure, LLN thinks the looks are “interesting”, but obviously DaimlerChrysler thought it was pretty good since they practically duplicated it with their Imperial concept a few years back.. nearly 10 years after this Packard prototype!

By: beatusmongous

beatusmongous — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:52:24 +0000

LMAO! I love the role chosen for me. Very clever! Thanks.

By: jayjc08

jayjc08 — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:40:10 +0000

Haha. Yeah guys, let’s all pitch in about a grand, and we can officially report our own quarterly earnings under LLN!

“Packard, now sold to the LLN comment board, will be making a serious come back into the automotive world…”

It’ll be the jewel of LLN twenty years down the road, after we buy up MG from the Chinese, Vanden Plas from Ford and Triumph from BMW. We could have our own little luxury line, all designed and produced by the LLN comment board!

Madcapp- There hasn’t been a single word about Duesenburg aside from at Barrett-Jackson.

jumpoffit- Yeah, the LLN management team.

Hemi- Head designer
iHustle- Lead Salesperson
johnnycannuck- Public relations
beatusmongus- Product placement
tripleonefive- Sales person of the brainwashing communist type.
inline6, Blakkar- Product management, engineering

Anybody else interested? Got a little carried a way there…

By: maxcar

maxcar — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:28:53 +0000

eBay it.

By: JetmanOTC

JetmanOTC — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:39:46 +0000

Sorry I meant AMC not AMG.

By: Madcapp

Madcapp — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:14:20 +0000

I thought Duesenberg was supposed to be coming back too.

By: TomF

TomF — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:02:39 +0000

That Packard prototype looks like Lady Penelope’s car in the old “Thunderbirds” marionette TV series.

I don’t think reviving the golden age of twelve-cylinder motoring is a very timely idea now that cheap is chic… and conspicuous consumers of too much fuel are becoming public targets. If vigilantes deface H2s with keys these days, imagine what they’d do to the Packard 12.

Philadelphia? You wouldn’t dare STOP one in Philadelphia, let alone build one.

By: Blakkarr

Blakkarr — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:29:45 +0000

Looks strange but promising. Might be the pinkish color.

Still Packard… That alone could sell more than 100 units a year.

By: TOZO

TOZO — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:56:57 +0000

If those guys can get $1.5 from Packard, GM might be able to fetch something fro Geo and Oldsmobile. But, if they are sold, a company might actually make new versions of those cars, and that would suck.

By: jonmiles

jonmiles — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:52:25 +0000

Please build them in Philadelphia

By: krautninja

krautninja — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:52:21 +0000

^^ lol i second that, ktulu for secretary ..not sure about hemi for design chief but ihustle can definitely hustle his ass off at our dealership…2 thumbs go

By: xyunya

xyunya — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:51:10 +0000

Actually the Twelve in the picture looks better them most current offerings.

By: beatusmongous

beatusmongous — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:48:27 +0000

I’d rather have Ktulu be our secretary or scribe, since he has such a way with words…

By: jumpoffit

jumpoffit — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:47:02 +0000

aww come on beat, Hemi could design them and iHustle could go out and sell them – we would all be members of the board and Ktulu would be our CEO and public relations

By: tastyorange

tastyorange — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:42:30 +0000

Is that a Bonneville bumper with Acura RSX headlights on a 1976 Century body with 1991 Town Car coral colored paint???

By: beatusmongous

beatusmongous — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:33:37 +0000

Yeah, but then no car would ever be made, because we all have different ideas on what makes a good car.

However, we could very well have an interesting lineup of completely different cars…

By: JetmanOTC

JetmanOTC — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:32:30 +0000

hopefully this isn’t like Hot Hod’s April fools joke they did about AMG coming back.

By: jumpoffit

jumpoffit — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:02:23 +0000

everyone on this board should pitch in, we could all own a piece of this and make our own cars since we think all other companies suck

By: beatusmongous

beatusmongous — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:47:26 +0000

Very nice news indeed.