Stude Baker 1931

When Studebaker and Packard merged in 1954, all American "independent" automakers were in trouble because Ford and General Motors have a price. These companies were independent car Studebaker, Nash, Hudson, Kaiser, Packard and Willys. This can only survive Nash and Studebaker in the 1960s. In 1954 the Studebaker and Packard sales of less than half the number of cars they were able to sell in 1950. Many of the fans of Studebaker Packard Packard blame for the disappearance, there is a factual basis for this belief. Packard bought Studebaker Studebaker would believe that a profit as Studebaker would be about 160,000 cars per year sales. Studebaker, the actual break-even "point of sale actually more than 260,000 cars per year because of high labor Studebaker. Studebaker was only able to sell much for two or three years after the Second World War when the American car manufacturers would every car that they could sell produce. During the first two years of the merger model Studebaker-Packard (1955-1956), neither company has done well, and when Curtiss-Wright came to help with money management in 1956, a difficult choice had to be done. On the one hand, Packard could sell a limited number of large luxury cars (in the order of 50.000 to 75.000 per year) to compete with Cadillac and Lincoln, who had not the volume of wholesale sales. On the other hand, was able to Studebaker cars and trucks 268,099 52,146 sales for a total of 320,245 cars best year calendar (1950).