Re: Ask the man who owns one

Posted by Loyd Smith On 2009/6/16 23:02:19

Whatever the truth of the origin of the phrase, it apparently wasn't the product of some advertising copy-writer and remained in use for far longer than a lot of other formerly well-known auto company advertising slogans (for instance: "When better cars are built, Buick will build them.")

If a trifle sexist by today's "politically correct" standards, it accurately reflected the confidence the company had in its product and, for many years, when someone thought of Packard the phrase immediately came to mind.