Packard Clipper News Today

Millions of classic cars are still rotting away out there. This backyard is home to quite a few rigs from the 1950s to the 1970s.

The name Packard, that once evoked elegance and luxury in an automobile, was brought to an ignominious end by disastrous financial and design decisions.

The British classic car was a popular model in his native Sri Lanka.

A new furry friend will be joining the Cumberland Police Department.

The heart wants what it wants--regardless of pedigree or design.

There are likely few people, outside of Eisenhower-­era funeral-home directors, who’ve driven as many midcentury hearses as Neil Young.

A 1954 Plymouth Savoy 4-door sedan in a Denver self-service wrecking yard.

Chuck Swirsky has been the radio play-by-play voice for the Chicago Bulls since 2008. A pioneer of Chicago sports talk radio, Swirsky has also covered many iconic moments in sports history – including L.A. Laker Kobe Bryant’s 81-point game against the Toronto Raptors in 2006.

We speak to James Walther, who has been director of the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History in the US since 1996.

As GM and Chrysler have learned, a series of missteps can nearly kill a company. While these Detroit behemoths escaped that fate, Packard did not. TheDetroitBureau.com examines Packard’s sad end.