1954 Packard Panther-Daytona Roadster Concept Car

[machone7I]

Looks nice... But the interiror is amazing.

[kaplefff]

What`s the music?

[srercrcr]

I'm surprised the transmission tunnel isn't bigger, what with a straight-eight engine. It looks like an automatic on the column, but being a concept car it could all be smoke and mirrors. The angled-back windshield is about 4 years ahead of production.

[BobWXXI]

Obviously directly inspired the production '55 and '56 Packards, the models that came just a year or two too late to save the company. This one still had the 356 cube flathead straught 8 under the hood--a good engine for its time, cranked out 212 hp, which was almost as good as Cadillac's V8 and stronger than Lincoln's, but heavy and old-school at a time when everyone wanted lighter, faster ohv V8s under the hood. Packard got one in '55 and it was a good one, but just a little late...

[cpwndProductions]

kinda t-birdish... i'd drive it

[Shoknifeman]

Interesting, several of the styling cues would be used on the '55 production cars

[iamjimbus]

What's the music?

[ScriptWorker]

Excellent concept that mostly seems to have come true many years later in other vehicles.