Packard 200

The Packard 200 was the entry-level Packard of the 1951 and 1952 model years, built by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan on the company's shortest wheelbase and powered by its least powerful engine, a 288 cubic inch straight eight. It was introduced on 24 August 1950 as part of a fully redesigned line styled under John Reinhart, replaced the One-Twenty and the One-Ten, and took the place of the low-line Standard models. Body styles were a four-door sedan, a two-door coupe and a three-passenger business coupe, while the sister 250 line added a larger engine, a Mayfair hardtop and a convertible. Dealers often fitted senior trim to 200s, which blurred the line between junior and senior Packards, and for 1953 the car was renamed the Packard Clipper.