"Ask the man who owns one" is a once famous advertising motto for which American automobile?

The Packard Motor Car Company had its origin in Warren, Ohio in 1899. The slogan's first usage occurred in an ad dated 1901, and perhaps related to the fact that the young company already had a very prestigious purchaser, William D. Rockefeller. One anecdote often attributed to the slogan is that a secretary of James W. Packard brought him a letter showing concern about the new Packard's reliability. In lieu of the car being too new to have had any catalogs printed, Mr. Packard dictated that the potential customer "ask the man who owns one."

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Howard Groopman

I thought it might be Cadillac. In the late 70s, my wife and I were staying at a motel in Lake Tahoe, on the Nevada-California border. There was a Packard convention there, and the parking lot was full of old Packards.

Jas Newman

Darlene Yarbrough, Rumble seat

Pat Wells

That slogan is as outdated as the car.

John W Shreve

The assumption that only a man would own a car led me to go to the defunct names and my mom liked Vance Packard, so 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑙𝑎!

filmnut

They also made a great airplane engine for the Curtiss Wright P-40.

George Oliver Prince

My brother-in=law once owned one

Darlene Yarbrough

I remember we had one ,when I was a KID, even has bunker seats in the trunk. As I recall.

Joseph A. Robitaille

Great automobiles, I really like the Packard's. Good question.

Clayton Dean Brannon

Thomas Stiefel, the quiz does that all the time. Put an incorrect photo seems to be one of their favorite tricks.

Thomas Stiefel

Photo is a Buick, there is 3 port holes on the hood.

Linda Johnson

I had no clue

Peter M. Olsen

If your picture is that of a PACKARD, then what does a real Packard look like. For me,because my father owned one of the above, the photo is either a 1952 or 1953 Buick!