Re: What SINGLE factor MOST contributed to the demise of Packard?

Posted by Rusty O\'Toole On 2013/10/19 13:13:20

To get back to the original question - if we want to be brutal about it the one thing that most contributed to the demise of Packard was lack of money, meaning lack of sales.

Packard's sales figures for the period 1946 - 58

1946 - 29293

1947 - 51086

1948 - 141490

1949 - 59290

1950 - 46750

1951 - 100312

1952 - 62601

1953 - 84740

1954 - 30631

1955 - 55517

1956 - 28845

1957 - 4809

1958 - 2622