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Packard (1899–1958) was once America's premier luxury automobile manufacturer, rivaling Rolls-Royce in prestige. Classic Packards feature stunning prewar styling and unmatched build quality.

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A Packard is an American luxury automobile built by the Packard Motor Car Company, which made cars from 1899 to 1958, first in Warren, Ohio, and later in Detroit. Before World War II the make was grouped with Peerless and Pierce-Arrow as the Three Ps, described as the most prestigious automobile brands in the United States. During the war Packard also built Rolls-Royce Merlin aircraft engines under license.

Brothers James Ward Packard and William Doud Packard founded the company in Warren, Ohio, with partner George Lewis Weiss, and the cars carried the family name. Their first automobile, the Model A, was completed on November 6, 1899, although the Packard Club dates its first road test to November 7. James Packard built it after his complaints about a Winton automobile were ignored by Alexander Winton. The business was renamed the Packard Motor Car Company in 1902.

Packard cars were built in Warren, Ohio, until the company moved to Detroit in 1903. Its Detroit plant on East Grand Boulevard, designed by architect Albert Kahn, opened that year. The last Detroit-built Packards came off an assembly line on Conner Avenue on June 25, 1956. The 1957 and 1958 models were assembled in the Studebaker plant in South Bend, Indiana.

The Packard slogan is attributed to founder James Ward Packard. In the account given by Old Cars Weekly, a request for a catalog reached the Packard office when none were on hand, and Packard told his secretary to answer, "Ask the man who owns one." The Detroit Historical Society also credits him with writing the line, which became the signature phrase of Packard advertising.

Packard is credited with the first V12 engine in volume automobile production, the Twin Six, introduced in May 1915 as a 1916 model. Developed under chief engineer Jesse Vincent, the 424-cubic-inch engine stayed in production through 1923. For the 1940 model year Packard also became the first American automaker to offer air conditioning as a factory option, using units supplied by Bishop & Babcock of Cleveland.

The Packard 120, or One-Twenty, was an eight-cylinder car, and the Packard 110, or One-Ten, was its six-cylinder companion. The One-Twenty arrived in January 1935 with a new straight-eight engine and independent front suspension, was named for its wheelbase, and sold nearly 25,000 in its first year. The six-cylinder car followed for 1937 as the Six, model 115-C, and was later renamed the One-Ten.

The Packard Clipper was a model line introduced in 1941, dropped after 1947 and revived in 1953 for the company's lowest-priced cars. For 1956 the company, led by James Nance, made Clipper a separate make, on the view that the cheaper cars were diluting Packard's standing as a luxury brand. The name returned for 1957 as the Packard Clipper, on Studebaker-based cars built in South Bend, Indiana.

Packard stopped making cars in 1958. The company bought Studebaker in 1954, forming the Studebaker-Packard Corporation, and production of Packards in Detroit ended in 1956. The 1957 and 1958 Packards were restyled Studebakers, and the line was discontinued in July 1958 after poor sales. The corporation dropped Packard from its name in 1962 and became the Studebaker Corporation again.

The 58 Packard listings on Classic Cars Arena right now are priced from $4,000 to $149,995, with a median asking price of $18,745. These are the prices sellers are asking today, not sale prices, and the figures change as cars are listed and sold.

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