Packard Model G is a two cylinder car built in 1902 by the former American automobile manufacturer Ohio Automobile Company that changed its name to Packard Motor Car Company in October 1902.
Suspension consisted of a semi-elliptical leaf springs in front and elliptical at the rear.
As with all Packards to date, the Model G's engine was placed under the driver's bench and laterally mounted, the crank protruding out of the right side.
Construction consisted of two single-cylinder engines that were connected in a horizontal opposed position and worked on a common crank shaft.
Power transmission to the rear wheels worked via a single, center mounted chain which itself was connected to the differential.
Model G was a huge car for the time, weighing in at about 4,000 pounds (1,800 kg).
Coachwork was made of high quality using wood, probably by a local carriage builder as with other Packards.
His successor, Frenchman Charles Schmidt lead Packard to more modern, European construction principles.
Technically, Model G represents the end of the first generation Packards as it was the make's last buggy-styled passenger car (with the engine positioned under the driver's bench), the last with the noisy and not very reliable chain drive and, most important, the last with less than four cylinders.
For a long time, J. W. Packard had been convinced that the single-cylinder engine was the power plant of the future.
When it became obvious that the industry would lead another way, Packard followed suit with four-cylinder automobiles already in 1903.