The 1951 Packards were a quirky mixture of the modern (the automatic transmissions) and aging (still using flathead inline eights when OHV V8 engines were rapidly becoming the norm).
1951 Packards au fost un amestec ciudat de transmisii automate (transmisii automate) și de îmbătrânire (încă folosindu-se opt inline inline când motoarele OHV V8 deveneau rapid normele).