MACAULEY’S GHOST KILLS PACKARD’S LAST CHANCE Barely five years after Packard invested in a new…
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MACAULEY’S GHOST KILLS PACKARD’S LAST CHANCE Barely five years after Packard invested in a new plant to manufacture bodies for the One Twenty, Macauley was outsourcing body production for the Clipper to…
ALVAN MACAULEY SQUANDERS PACKARD’S CAPITAL, WITH LASTING EFFECT In his Octane magazine column, Jay Leno recently wrote that “one of the final nails in the coffin [of Packard] was bringing in James…
JAMES NANCE: THE RIGHT MAN ARRIVES TOO LATE James Nance would become Packard’s president on May 1, 1952. By then, the image of Cadillac as the prestige American automobile was cemented in…
Fin Tales is chatty, engaging, and easy to read. Written by John Smith about his experiences as General Manager of Cadillac, Smith’s story is one of rescuing the Cadillac brand from what…
The herd mentality is alive and well among automobile industry executives, not excluding Mary Barra and Jim Farley. Viewing Elon Musk and Tesla as their lodestar, automobile manufacturers seem intent on destroying…
Pat Foster of Hemmings blames the One-Twenty model for Packard’s demise – perpetuating a myth that cannot stand up to the facts. In his January, 2021, column for Hemmings Classic Car magazine,…
One hundred years ago, many automobiles were produced from standardized components purchased from others, rather than from components manufactured in house by the automobile company. Comprising 25% of the new car market…
To the management of Cadillac, today is about SUVs. Tomorrow is electric. The Cadillac luxury sedan is . . . yesterday. They do, however, promise a new luxury sedan in the future…
Moon was the second of three failing car companies that killed the Ruxton. The Historic Vehicle Association profile of Moon says it was “faced with dwindling profits and further resistance from New…