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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]
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Studebaker, long ago based in South Bend, produced its debut car in 1902. The first Avanti rolled off the assembly line 60 years later, made by Studebaker in South Bend until the company moved to ...
The first was the Studebaker Avanti. The Avanti featured a fiberglass body, an optional supercharged engine, and front disc brakes. It was marketed as "America's only four-passenger high-performance personal car". [32] The company built 4,647 Avantis before Studebaker ended Avanti Production for the 1964 model year. [33] [34]
Stevens designed the post-war Skytop Lounge observation cars for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad's Hiawatha passenger trains. He also designed a series of Excalibur sport cars for Studebaker. Originally intended as a halo car for Studebaker. Studebaker opted out of the program in December 1963 after shuttering US car production.