{"product_id":"packard-twelve-seven-passenger-sedan-vintage-automotive-advertisement-1934-p-8-007037","title":"Packard Twelve seven-passenger sedan—vintage automotive advertisement 1934","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Packard’s Greatest Invention Has Never Been Patented'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA rich full-colour advertisement for the 1934 Packard Twelve seven-passenger sedan, presented in profile against the gates of an immaculate estate. Its headline—“Packard’s Greatest Invention Has Never Been Patented”—does not refer to an engine or mechanical novelty, but to the marque’s instantly recognisable lines. Packard argued that styling continuity spared owners the heavy depreciation suffered by cars made obsolete by annual redesigns: even after years of use, a Packard would still look “smart.” The message is a polished expression of interwar luxury branding, reinforced by “Ask the Man Who Owns One,” one of American motoring’s earliest and longest-lived slogans. An imposing period image of the Detroit firm at the height of its pre-war prestige.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53896251212123,"sku":"P-8-007037","price":32.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-8-007037a.jpg?v=1787833546","url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/products\/packard-twelve-seven-passenger-sedan-vintage-automotive-advertisement-1934-p-8-007037","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}