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| Packard Clipper Clipper (1956 only) | |
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 1955 Packard Clipper Custom 4-door Sedan | |
| Overview | |
| Production | 1941–1942 1946–1947 1953–1955 1956 (Clipper marque) 1957 |
| Assembly | United States Australia |
| Body and chassis | |
| Related | Packard Executive Packard Panther |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Packard 200 |
The Packard Clipper is an automobile series built by the Packard Motor Car Company (and by the later Studebaker-Packard Corporation) for model years 1941–1942, 1946–1947, and 1953–1957. It was named for a type of sailing ship, called a clipper.[1][2]
The Clipper was introduced in April 1941, as a mid-model year entry. It was available only as a four-door sedan. The Clipper line was aimed at the middle-price field of American automobiles that included DeSoto, Oldsmobile, Hudson, and Mercury. The Clipper name was re-introduced in 1953, for the automaker's lowest-priced lineup. By 1955, the Clipper models were seen as diluting Packard's marketing as a luxury automobile marque.
The Clipper was classified as a stand-alone marque for the 1956 model year when it was produced by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation.[3] Following the closure of Packard's Detroit, Michigan factory in 1956, the Clipper marque was discontinued, although the Clipper name was applied to 1957 Packards that were built at Studebaker's South Bend, Indiana, factory.
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- ^ Van Boggart, Angelo (18 December 2010). "24". Just Packards. Krause. pp. 115–117. ISBN 978-1440214271.