Bringing an old nameplate back in a modern way

In reply to TurnerX19 :

The 1934 Packard Twelve Coupe Roadster that I sank roughly three years of my life into: 

Technically a Cabriolet but the body catalog calls it a "Coupe Roadster" so that's what it is.

The Packard "Myth" boattail coupe re-imagining that Fran Roxas built:

Both not ugly.

Antihero said:

In reply to Robbie :

Saw that in real life in Australia. It's more hideous in person.

 

However in the shopping mall it was parked in it said it was $12,999 AUD.

 

Go ahead and convert that to USD and see how cheap that is

Then look at the prices of cars in Australia. That's basically free.

ShawnG said:

In reply to TurnerX19 :

The Packard "Myth" boattail coupe re-imagining that Fran Roxas built:

 

Both not ugly.

I think you need to get your monitor checked.

Ian F said:

In reply to TurnerX19 :

Who knows... BMW retains the rights to the Triumph automotive brand (it came with the Mini brand), although it seems they have no interest in doing anything with it.

I bet if you call them up and ask to buy it they will say "I'm gonna fix it up one of these days."

I had an '09 Subaru that came with Packard spark plug wires.

In reply to b13990 :

different Packard corporation.

In reply to ShawnG :

The '34 is quite handsome, and the Myth has a lot going for it, but the crown of the bonnet hurts a lot. The car I see in the first retro-Packard post is the early post war "bathtub" car, which I still consider pretty ugly.

TurnerX19 said:

In reply to b13990 :

different Packard corporation.

I don't doubt it, but you could say that about a lot of brands. How many times has Chrysler changed corporate identities / ticker symbols / ownership structures / etc.? The brand is still the brand.

I have little patience for the 'revival' of extinct auto names by new firms with absolutely zero connection with the old original firm. 

The Beijing MGs are bad enough (although there is at least a thread of connectivity between the old company and the current truck builder) but Bugatti is a glaring example of a modern firm with a yen for recognition value buying an old name from the corporate entity that owned it  (the car company died in 1952).

I am still waiting/hoping that GM revives the Pontiac division, as the only two sports cars I have owned that were made in the US were made by them (88 Fiero GT and 09 Solstice GXP coupe).  At least they refused to sell the name, although the receiver made then shut the division down.

In reply to b13990 :

Packard Cable and Packard Motor Car Corp. existed side by side for many decades.

In reply to MotorsportsGordon :

Good God those are horrible.