as it a failure, or a success? It all depends on how you look at it. Packard launched its first all-new postwar design with the unveiling of the 1948 Super Eight convertible in March 1947; the rest of the 22nd Series, as the cars were known, would appear in late September. The new design divided both the critics and Packard’s executive offices, though the public liked it well enough to keep the luxury automaker competitive with archrival Cadillac in the sales race.
