Re: Did the public think of Imperial as Packard's replacement?

Posted by Rusty O\'Toole On 2009/8/1 18:07:31

Chrysler did try to build up the Imperial into a make of its own about the same time Packard was fading out of the picture.

Imperials were registered as a separate make from Chrysler starting in 1955. From 1957 to 1966 they used a unique body shared with no other Chrysler.

It has crossed my mind that the 1957 up Imperial was the kind of car Packard should have been building if they wanted to compete with Cadillac head to head. They were a magnificent car.

I never heard of the public thinking of the Imperial as a Packard replacement, but if any die hard Packard fans switched to Imperial in those years they got a hell of a good car.