Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The last Avanti II made came off the line with a V6 engine from Roush, and only one was made. After Nate Altman's death, Arnold Altman ran the company until it was sold in 1982. [ 4 ] From 1963 through 1985, Avanti IIs were built on the Studebaker-designed chassis, then the Chevrolet Monte Carlo chassis was used; Chevy discontinued the Monte ...
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."
From the July 1976 issue of Car and Driver. You remember Studebaker. Studebaker. Twelve years ago, Studebaker-Packard flunked out of the new-car business. It was high time, too. Yet 1964 ...
Cars. 1902-1912 Electric; 1918-1919 Light Four; 1918-1926 Big Six; ... 1964 Avanti R4; Other automotive brands owned by Studebaker. Clipper; E-M-F Automobiles;
The next year, Avanti serial number R1007 set a speed record of 170.81 mph, making it the fastest production car in the world. The original Avanti's flame burned briefly but brightly.
The first Avanti rolled off the assembly line 60 years later, made by Studebaker in South Bend until the company moved to Canada at the end of 1963. Studebaker stopped making the Avanti the next year.
The car was later modified to 1954-model specifications, and was occasionally driven around South Bend by engineers. Additional structural reinforcements were needed to reduce body flexure. Even though the car was equipped with the 232 cu. in. V-8, the added structural weight increased the car's 0-60 mph acceleration time to an unacceptable level.
Chrysler Turbine Car (1963-1964) Ford 300 (1963) Ford Ranch Wagon (1963-1964) Mercury Marauder (1963–1965) Plymouth Valiant (1963-1966) Rambler Classic (1963-1964) Studebaker Super Lark Custom R2 (1963) Studebaker Daytona Wagonaire (1963-1964) Studebaker Wagonaire (1963-1966)