Kinda ugly, bet it's real pricey too.


http://www.packardmotorcar.com/

 

It is kind of ugly. We will never see this one in production. It will be like the guy that was going to bring Studebaker back. Never happened.

 

First thought: Preston Tucker for the new millennium.


I see lots of old-style GM stuff in the interior.


I kind of like it. Of course I like Packards anyway.

 

Front bumpers look like they are off of a Lincoln or ford of some sort. But yes its butt ugly.

 

I could get used to the style.
My Dad enjoyed owning Packards until he bought a new 52 Chevy in Manilla. When we returned stateside he bought his last new Packard in '54. Seeing Packard was shutting down next new car was a 56 BelAir followed by eleven more full size Chevrolets.

Henry

 

That engine looks like a "stretched" small block chevy.
It looks like a very well built car, now if they can find enough millionaires that want a butt ugly car then they might make a go of it.

 

Thats ugly, there's in old town Grass Valley Ca an old Packard dealer building that now is a carpet co.Packard carpet, they still have an old Packard sign hanging on the building right in the heart of 1850s gold rush history.Nick

 

My first thought was that they put a fibreglass kit on a Lincoln too.

 

Kinda reminds me of a Jaguar with a broken nose.I really like the early thirties Packards, true class, the later ones not so much....Tedd

 

Might as well put the photo here.

 

It actually looks poorly designed. One does not use aluminum, or even steel,
for that matter, square tubing for chassis design. I am not impressed by a
person with a bachelors engineering degree with "most of his experience is
ownership." Nice 80s GM cruise control stick, too.

The only thing that car has going for it is name, and that's only because they
bought it. It will be extremely difficult for a new startup car company to run in
this country; the stakes are simply too high to compete with established companies.

The last startup company to make cars was Tesla, and they are still marginal
because they haven't transitioned to mass production yet, and they have had
massive quality problems on the attempts they have made at mass production.
Tesla does have a good niche market, so I have high hopes for them, but this
new Packard is just some guy's sentimental dream at the moment.

 

My dad had a 39 much better looking car

http://www.conceptcarz.com/view/phot...lve_photo.aspx

 

I bet Clark Griswold would buy one!

 

That's ugly!

 

Although not a proponent, I would suppose there is something to be said for "Dying with dignity"! Thanks a lot Eric, I could have gone the rest of my life without seeing that....

 

I see a lot of potential in reviving the Packard name. I also see a lot of potential for improvement of their product. The concept and the powertrain are very nice, just needs to have a bit more personality, character, and old style charm. Some Packards of the late 40's and early 50's were not very pretty, for some reason that styling was incorporated into this one.


http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/Packard/1940.html

 

Ugh.

Looks part Kia Amanti & something else ...

Can't figure out what that something else is tho.

Thought there was a foreign SUV made in the last 10-15 years with a similar grille look.

 

Daewoo?