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The Studebaker Avanti is a personal luxury coupe [7] manufactured and marketed by Studebaker Corporation between June 1962 and December 1963. A halo car for the maker, [ 8 ] it was marketed as "America's only four-passenger high-performance personal car."
1970 Avanti II 1976 Avanti II. After Studebaker ended production at South Bend on December 20, 1963, the "Avanti" model name, tooling, Studebaker truck production rights, as well as parts and plant space were bought by local Studebaker dealers, Nate and Arnold Altman and Leo Newman, who incorporated as Avanti Motor Corporation and hand-built a small number of cars. [1]
The following list consists of automotive models produced by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana from 1899 to 1963 and Studebaker Canada Ltd. from 1964 through the spring 1966. In 1961, many of these were offered with special Marshal (police) packages: a 170 cu in (2.8 L) [ 1 ] 6-cylinder City Marshal, 259 cu in (4.2 L) V8 Patrol ...
Studebaker's Avanti was a last, lovely roll of the dice for the independent carmaker. The R2 version featured a supercharged 289-cubic-inch V-8 and only 1833 were built. This no-reserve auction ...
From the C/D archive: Some bodies make suggestions, others make statements. All these years later, this car's statement is still loud and clear.
Problems with the Avanti's fiberglass-body, production issues and low sales contributed to the end of the Studebaker car company. A side view of Larry Sanburn's 1979 Avanti II at Butler Winery ...
Studebaker Speedster 1916 Studebaker-EMF Touring 1916 Studebaker's Big Six Touring Car, from a 1920 magazine ad 1928 Studebaker GB Commander crossing the continent of Australia on unmade roads in 1975 1930 Studebaker President Phaeton A UK-imported right-hand-drive 1936 Studebaker four-door sedan 1938 Studebaker Bus on a K-series truck chassis
Studebaker had worked on a still born post-war design earlier, called the R, and so the new truck was given the 2R designation. [2] The most distinctive characteristic of Studebaker 2R/3R trucks is the cab, which remained in production with minor changes through the 1959 model year.