The now-defunct Packard Motor Car Company turned its attention to aviation in the 1920s and began developing what became known as the Packard 1A-2775 X-24 aircraft engine. The engine was an aerial ...

T he Packard Motor Car Company was an early proponent of multi-cylinder engines, debuting its industry-leading Twin Six for 1916. A V-12 engineered to power airplanes joined that engine in the ...

Seeking to shore up its position at the top of the American automotive pyramid, Packard launched its new V-12-powered flagship ... Improvements to the Packard engine came for 1935, with new ...