Packard One-Twenty

Automobile Industry

PAT FOSTER AND THE MYTHS OF PACKARD’S DEMISE
ByRalph Kalal November 30, 2020April 23, 2021

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, Foster writes that “Packard’s problems began when the company moved into the medium-price bracket in 1935. . . The new cars sold like…

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Automobiles

THE REAL REASON PACKARD DIED
ByRalph Kalal April 12, 2019March 11, 2021

The One-Twenty vs. the “Senior” Model Packards Those who attribute Packard’s demise to introduction of the One-Twenty model in 1935 indulge in the fallacy that corporations fail from one factor which, had it been different, would have affected a different destiny. The real reason Packard died was not the One-Twenty. In truth, the One-Twenty saved…

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