1940 Packard Super-8 One-Sixty Convertible Sedan

When James Ward Packard had some complaints about the Winton automobile he had purchased, he was challenged by Alexander Winton to build a better car. So he did. Packard ran his first automobile on November 6th of 1899 and, along with his brother, William and George Weiss as partners, founded the Ohio Automobile Company, selling Packard automobiles in 1900. On October 13th of 1902, it officially became the Packard Motor Car Company.

They introduced a number of design innovations, including the modern steering wheel, which helped to propel Packard as the favorite among the wealthy, both in the United States and abroad.

A popular part of Packard lore is the story regarding a potential customer who sent a letter to James Packard. They requested information about the dependability of his cars. At the time, there was no sales literature. Packard, President, and General Manager had no time to reply personally to the writer, so he told his secretary to tell the gentleman to simply, 'Ask the man who owns one.'

Since first published in an advertisement in Motor Age on October 31, 1901, it became arguably the most famous slogan to ever originate in America.