Re: More on the Facel-Packard . . .

Posted by Fyreline On 2013/6/10 15:14:40

Wow - if your aim was not to disparage the Duesenberg you certainly took a pretty good shot at it. You are of course entitled to your own opinion. Guess we'll have to agree to disagree on the Duesenberg. I would take one in a minute (if I could afford it, which I cannot) and enjoy it for what it is. I fear that Duesenberg aficianados wouldn't care for me either, as I would drive the HELL out of that beast. After all, ships are safest in port, but that's not what ships are for. Anyway, it's all good. We can't all like the same things.

I hear frequent similar arguments about how another of my all-time favorite cars, the Lamborghini Miura, was "not so great". Sure, there were faster, more comfortable cars available . . . but they weren't Miuras. Again, to each their own.

Packards were all about refinement, and in my opinion they did that better than anyone. It's such a shame that they don't exist today . . . but I suppose in today's culture they wouldn't be successful anyway. That was then, and this is now. So anyway, what motor are we going to drop into that Facel-Packard?