Re: Packard V-8

Posted by Steve203 On 2015/12/10 15:42:50
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Owen_Dyneto wrote:
A V8 as early as '53 or even '52 would have been helpful but I very much doubt it would have changed the ultimate outcome, just too many negative economic and market forces both internal to Packard and external for them to overcome.


Agreed. Packard was too far behind the curve, in too many ways that were expensive to catch up. Trying to correct the obsolete engine, and obsolete production facilities, and lack of a body plant, at the same time, required more capital than Packard could muster, and Studebaker didn't help with any of those issues.

Steve

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