Re: BMW after WWII

Posted by Dave Kenney On 2008/10/9 19:14:41

John, Your point is well taken. The comparison of Packard to BMW is a poor one as economic situations in Germany and the USA after WW2 were vastly different. Both companies produced well made cars for their respective markets. I doubt that Packard would have survived using pre war car designs as did many of the European car makers well into the mid 50's. BMW now owns Rolls-Royce which produced those Merlin engines for the Lancaster bombers that wrecked the BMW factory so go figure.