Packard: A History of the Motor Car and the Company (Automobile Quarterly Magnificent Marque Books)
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- The standard for ALL Packard tomes!
- Reviewer: J. Bradley (Missouri), Date of review: December 10, 2009
- Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
- PACKARD: A HISTORY OF THE MOTOR CAR AND THE COMPANY is an authoritative, exhaustively-researched book that examines every facet of the company and the personalities behind it. You'll treasure this treatise on a storied American icon!
- THE definitive Book on the Packard Motor Car
- Reviewer: David H. Cary , Date of review: June 21, 2009
- Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
- Undoubtedly the best book out there on the Packard automobile and the Packard Motor Car Company
- The Very Best Packard Thing Ever
- Reviewer: Robert F. Monement (Sylvan Lake, MI USA), Date of review: January 21, 2009
- Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
- The Very Best. I mean it. As a life-long Packard-lover, I could have spent my entire adult life and never compiled what's encompassed in this volume. They have put together the combined first-hand knowledge of MANY authors and you will discover SO MANY things you never knew before. I don't think any other marque has been so completely documented before.
Sure, there are miniscule things I know that weren't covered (like what happened to the custom chandelier from the Detroit Jefferson showroom) but nowhere will you find more facts, history & photos than this book.
From its silver-embossed hard-cover to its chronological data, this is first-class all the way. I honestly would have paid $200 for this 800+ page book without batting an eye.
- The ultimate Packard lovers anthology.
- Reviewer: Aquajon (Chicago, IL), Date of review: January 06, 2009
- Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
- This book puts all the information about the Packard Company and the magnificent automobile they produced, and puts it in one complete anthology for the enthusiast to peruse. I was expecting something completely different, but was pleasantly surprised when this volume arrived in the mail. It's through text and rich photographs make for a completely enjoyable reading experience. If you love the Packard automobile, you have to get this book.
- The Last Word on Packard
- Reviewer: James J. Varela (Sarasota, FL United States), Date of review: January 26, 2008
- Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
- 5 Stars is not enough for this book. This book is the last word on the Packard automobile. From pre-war majesty to post war mediocrity it is all here. This book has many rare photographs and it is utterly breathtaking. What destroyed Packard in the end was changing tastes. Packards were the old moneyed conservitive cars for people who wanted an elegant car but not to show off, Cadillacs by contrast were the reverse, brash glitz - mobiles. The problem was in the 1950's brash glitz-mobiles were in vouge and Packard did try and adapt to the times with it's 1955-56 cars which like Cadillacs came in bright pastel colors, but by 1955 Packard was considered to be an old folks cars by the young affluent car buyers of the 1950's and it was gone. Ironic, Cadillac has the same problem today trying to lure back younger buyers from European and Japanese imports.