1958 Packard Hawk

The 1958 Hawk was specially styled by Duncan McRae. The cars design was unique and completely unforgettable - a wide mouth grille and other features like exterior leather arm rest along the side windows, a spare tire outline on the rear deck, and gaudy gold mylar inserts for the flared tailfins. (The car did not have quad headlamps, which other '58 Packards sported.
Motor Life described the car as "the finest instrumentation setup now being used in an American-built car. It's elegantly simple, attractive and highly functional."

The controversial styling of the Packard Hawk has always obscured the fact that it was the fastest production Packard ever built. Powered by the Studebaker's 289-cubic-inch supercharged V-8 which produced 275 hp and 333 lbs/ft torque to motivate this 3470 pound car.

The production of this car was very low, just 588 units, and the scarcity of surviving examples has made the Hawks the most collectible of 1957-58 "Packardbakers."