Extreme Testing

Packard combined luxury and quality like no other automobile, and the Packard Motor Car Company continually tested its products even under extreme conditions. Two 25,000-mile tests were run on the Packard Proving Grounds track, including one in 1935 testing the Packard Super Eight automobile. In another 25,000-mile run in the fall of 1954 to test the new V-8 engine, a car was driven day and night, stopping only for fuel, tires, and driver changes. After the 1954 run was completed, the car was admired by customers in visits to Packard showrooms across the country.

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