In 1955, Studebaker introduced the Speedster as a limited-edition two-door hardtop version of the President. The car wasn't particularly successful, with 2,215 units sold, but it prompted the company ...

In 1954, Studebaker and Packard formed a merger in a desperate attempt to survive the aggressive Ford-GM price wars. Things didn't go as planned, and both companies went bankrupt in the 1960s. But not ...

Golden Hawk" is the name applied to the Studebaker-Packard Corporation's 1956 high-powered "sports type" passenger car. The name and the components that make up performance factors were obviously ...

By the middle of the 1950s, a handful of cars were already proving that comfort and speed did not have to live in separate garages. Long before the muscle boom of the late 1960s, engineers and ...

New Packard Hawk buyers paid $3,995 for the privilege of ownership. Options, including power steering, brakes, windows and seat and more exciting stuff, could push the final price to near $5,000 or ...