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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."
The audacity lives on in this unusual and desirable classic from an independent American carmaker.
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 ...
And in 1963, the Studebaker Avanti was an absolute goddamn revelation, the best-looking American car anyone had ever seen. ... The Avanti is unique in today's collector market—a four-wheeled ...
After insufficient initial sales of the 1964 models and the ousting of president Sherwood Egbert, on December 9, 1963, the company announced the closure of the aging South Bend plant. [36] The last Larks and Hawks were assembled on December 20, [8] [37] and the last Avanti was assembled on December 26. To fulfill government contracts ...
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 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]