Customer Reviews

Packard: The Pride (Automobile Quarterly Magnificent Marque Books)

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This is an interesting book, but not for one who's looking for a detailed background on the Packard Motor Company. What the author has done is highlight some extant Packards and that car's history. The pictures are excellent, the brief backgrounds concise and informative.

I gave it 4 stars because it is a relatively small book, and of narrow focus. However, if you have a large collection of Packard books, this one fills a unique niche, and makes a nice addition to one's library of antique car books.

....The Kimes book is THE authoritative source on the Packard, the James Ward book covers the sad demise of the Company...and this book nicely illustrates some of the surviving examples, from #1, thru the end. Not offering any history of the Company, it is nonetheless beautifully illustrated and very effective at capturing the grace, elegance, and timelessness of the marque, while also adding some interesting (if largely irrelevant) historical anecdotes of each car and it's particular history. A nice companion piece!

Great Photography - The Packard story told from the perspective of who owned the featured cars.

Packard The Pride is a coffee table type book with some pretty pictures. The format is unusual being divided into chapters on individual cars. If you are interested in that car great, otherwise there is nothing. Even if the car your are interested in "made" it into the book there is little real information. The book is heavily prewar biased and does not even contain a 48-50 bathtub. Granted these may not be the most beautiful Packards but not to have one at all? In fact, there is little of interest for the postwar Packard fan period. If you want it for the pictures fine but otherwise your money is better spent elsewhere.

While the book has some pretty pictures, it is woefully lacking any real information. It's basically a coffee-table book to be glanced at briefly. Anyone who wants to really learn anything about either the Packard Corporation or the car itself would be much better served by the Beverly Rae Kimes, James A. Ward, or Arthur W. Einstein books. It is certainly not worth the price in comparison with the other texts available.

Received the product immediately after ordering--it was exactly how they had described it--in excellent condition! Thanks so much!