In 1946, Packard applied Clipper styling to all its post-war models

The Packard Clipper was a model of the Packard Motors Company from 1941 to 1954, and the Studebaker-Packard Corporation for 1955 and 1957. Clippers built for model year 1956 are considered a stand alone make, not a model of Packard. Packard was a United States based brand of automobile originally known as the Ohio Automobile Co. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Studebaker-Packard Corporation was the entity created at the time of Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana merged into the Packard Corporation of Detroit, Michigan, in 1954. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1956 sales brochure for Clipper automobiles Clipper was a stand alone make of automobile produced by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation in 1955-1956 for the 1956 model year only. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday. ...

1941-1942

Packard Motors introduced the Packard Clipper model, as part of Packard's Nineteenth Series of automobiles. The car featured fade away styling, and was powered by the same engine used in the Packard 180 series. The Clipper was lower and wider than previous Packards, and was the first streamlined Packard. One body series was offered (model 1951), a four door sedan. The Packard Clipper was priced between the Packard 120 and the Packard 160. Packard advertising encouraged consumers to "Skipper the Clipper!"

For its Twentieth Series (1942), save for its Packard Six and convertible models, all Packards (models 2001, 2002, 2003 "Eight" models 2003, 2023, 2004, 2005, 2055 "Eight" and models 2006, 2007 and 2008 "Super-Eight) became "Clipperized" and adopted the styling cues introduced by the 1941 Clipper.

1946-1947

For 1946-1947 all Packards used the Clipper styled bodies and the "Clipper" name.

1948-1952

The Clipper nameplate was deemphasized as Packard issued its twenty-first series automobiles.

1953-1955

1955 Packard Clipper Super Constellation hard-top

Packard President James Nance had hoped to introduce a new "Clipper" as a stand alone marque, targeting the mid range price field which Nance felt was dragging the Packard image down. When word was leaked to the Packard dealer network that they would be losing their best selling Packard model to "Clipper", they balked. As an appeasement, Nance rolled the Clipper out as a Packard, and worked to transition the cars toward their own make. Thus, the Packard Clipper name was reintroduced and applied to the company's entry level models, previously known as the Packard 200, beginning in 1953. Clippers were available in Special and Deluxe trim models, as two and four door sedans. 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

For 1954, the "Clipper by Packard" was given its own unique rear fender trim and tail lights to further it from traditional Packards. The cars were also available with a distinctive two-tone paint pattern. For 1955, Packard became a marque in the newly formed Studebaker-Packard Corporation. 1954 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Studebaker-Packard Corporation was the entity created at the time of Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana merged into the Packard Corporation of Detroit, Michigan, in 1954. ...

1956

Studebaker-Packard's President James Nance's goal of separating Clipper from Packard was realized. The Clipper was no longer a Packard model, but its own separate registered marque for the 1956 model year only. 1956 sales brochure for Clipper automobiles Clipper was a stand alone make of automobile produced by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation in 1955-1956 for the 1956 model year only. ...

1957

Following the closure of Packard's Detroit, Michigan facility, Packard production was shifted to South Bend, Indiana where all Packards shared the Studebaker President body and Studebaker's four door wagon body as well. All Packards produced for 1957 carried the Clipper name. Detractors of the cars refer to them as "Packardbakers". For 1958, the Clipper name was discontinued, and "Packard" automobiles produced were simply known by their marque name. City motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) City nicknames: The Motor City and Motown Location in the state of Michigan Founded July 24, 1701 County Wayne County Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 370. ... South Bends downtown, with Notre Dame in the upper right. ... The Studebaker President was the premier model range for automobiles manufactured by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana (USA) during the 1927-1942 model years. ...

References

• Maloney, James H. (1994). Studebaker Cars. Crestline Books. ISBN 087938-884-6.

• Langworth, Richard (1979). Studebaker, the Postwar Years. Motorbooks International. ISBN 0-87938-058-6.

• Gunnell, John, Editor (1987). The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Kraus Publications. ISBN 0-87341-096-3.

• Kimes, Beverly R., Editor. Clark, Henry A. (1996). The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1945. Kraus Publications. ISBN 0-87341-428-4.