In 1946–47 the numerical designations were dropped and the line consisted of Clipper Sixes and Eights on the wheelbase and Supers and Custom Supers on the wheelbase. For the first time there were now seven-passenger sedans and limousines, riding a wheelbase. For their type, these "professional Packards" enjoyed success. They compare with Cadillac's 1946–47 Seventy-five, beating it not only by but by a foot of wheelbase, yet selling for about the same $4,500–$5,000. Counting several thousand bare chassis supplied to commercial body manufacturers, the Seventy-five outsold the long-wheelbase Clipper; but for finished cars from the factory, production was about 3,100 cars each for 1946–47 combined.