Re: Hemmings Article

Posted by John On 2020/11/23 21:49:07

Not sure what happened after the war, but it seemed all the independents lost market share after the seller's market through roughly 1949. All the independents were pretty much gone by 1958 or earlier.
Without the additional sales of the 6's and Jr. 8's, I doubt Packard would have survived the 30's. Agreed maybe they should have given them a different name than Packard, much like Cadillac had LaSalle.
Kaiser and Willys cars gone by 1956, Nash and Hudson names gone by 1958, Studebaker was in the red by 1954. Packard saved it for a few more years.
What would have happened with Packard had they stayed independent in 1954. I'm not sure they would have still made it out of the 1950's. At least the money they spent on Studebaker might have allowed them to restyle in 1957. We'll never know....
John