Packard Cavalier
The Packard Cavalier was a car by the Packard Motor Car Company in Detroit in 1953 and 1954 produced. It was only produced as a sedan and was the successor to the Packard 300 from 1951/52 in the medium model segment.
The 1953 Cavalier was easily distinguished from other models by its spear-shaped chrome strips on the rear fenders.
Packard also launched a Cavalier part series in which three different Packard models were offered under different names:
- Packard Caribbean as a 2-door sedan, based on the Pan American show car with a body by Mitchell-Bentley from Utica (Michigan) .
- Packard Mayfair , which was based on the 2-door Packard Clipper DeLuxe, but offered more luxury in the interior in terms of upholstery and chrome trim.
A convertible with the equipment of the Cavalier was offered in model year 1953 and cost less than the Caribbean.
In 1954 the Cavalier was again only available as a 4-door sedan, but the partial series was abandoned and the Caribbean became the big Packard, and it remained until Studebaker-Packard moved all production to South Bend in 1956.
In the 1955 model year, the Cavalier was no longer used and the corresponding vehicles were included in the Packard Clipper Custom series.
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- Gunnell, John (editor): The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975 , Kraus Publications (1987), ISBN 0-87341-096-3 .