Packard does not build many cars like the Packard Model 30 with 241.7 cuin L-head, built from 1903 to 1912 when a car was a rich man's adventure and every maker was a workshop.
The background
The Packard Motor Car Company introduced their first four-cylinder engine in 1903 initially as a top level car along with the Packard Model F. It was their only automobile offered and exclusively used a four-cylinder engine from 1903 until 1912 and established Packard as a luxury car maker, and was replaced by the 1913 Packard Six.
The engineering
Under the skin sits 241.7 cuin L-head; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
Where it sits in Packard's history is not in doubt: the Packard Model G came before it; the Packard Six followed it; it was built at Packard Automotive Plant, Detroit, MI. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Rolls-Royce 10 hp, the Panhard & Levassor type B tonneau, the Fiat 60 HP. Its Packard stablemates include the Packard 160 and the Packard 180.
The money
There is no federal ownership record for the Packard Model 30 — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.