Some cars leave a paper trail; the Packard Panther left a name, a year — 1952 — and a place in Packard's list. What follows is what can be said with a source behind it.
Where it came from
The Packard Panther is a concept car built in 1954 by Packard and was displayed at auto shows to showcase some of the ideas the automaker was considering for its production models. This show car was first named the "Grey Wolf" and also called the "Packard Daytona". A total of four Panthers were built.
In context
The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Cadillac Eldorado, the Toyota Land Cruiser, the Chevrolet Corvette. Nearby in the Packard catalogue sit the Packard 160 and the Packard 180.
Owning one today
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Packard Panther has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.