The Packard Super Eight was a luxurious car equipped with an 8-cylinder engine, which was produced in two different series from 1933 to 1939, and then from 1948 to 1951 after World War II. In the 20s and 30s, called "roaring twenties", Packard built, along with Cadillac, Pierce-Arrow and Duesenberg among others, some of the most expensive cars in the United States. In Europe, at the same time, luxury cars were Rolls-Royce, Bugatti, Minerva, among others. From 1929, Packard no longer built a six-cylinder engine, but 8 cylinders, then 12 (the Packard Twelve) from 1932. The in-line 8-cylinder engines were derived from the Packard Eight of 1924 and had several body types. After an interruption due to World War II, the Packard Super Eight were again produced from 1948 to 1951.