After losing sales during the Great Depression, Packard needed to get into a lower price volume market in order to survive, and developed the 120 in 1935. The core of the 120 was the 120-inch wheelbase chassis into which was fitted a new 8-cylinder 4,214cc 110bhp engine with aluminium L-head. Essentially the 120s were scaled down senior Packards and Werner Gubitz managed that styling. Packard sold 24,995 120s in 1935, more than 3 times the volume of all other Packards. For 1936 Packhard enlarged the inline 8 to 4,621cc to raise the power to 120bhp, new body styles were added for the 120B, and the rear-hinged front 'suicide' doors were changed to front hinged. 120B Sales rose to 55,000 in 1936. The 1937 120 was pushed upmarket as car sales in America boomed with the 120 recording 50,000. Packard launched a new Packard Six below the 120 in 1937, and the 120 was renamed 'Packard Eight' for 1938. However, the 120 name returned in 1939, with '110' being given to the six cylinder Packard, but for 1942 the final years of these cars they were sold as 'Packard Six' and 'Packard Eight'.