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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]
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 ...
A few years ago, he found the 1979 Avanti and made it his. This lovely and unusual 1979 Avanti II parked in the shade Oct. 26, 2024 at the My Favorite Ride Cars & Coffee event at Butler Winery ...
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.
The Avanti was publicly introduced on April 26, 1962, [22] "simultaneously at the New York International Automobile Show and at the Annual Shareholders' Meeting." [23] Rodger Ward, winner of the 1962 Indianapolis 500, received a Studebaker Avanti as part of his prize package, [24] "thus becoming the first private owner of an Avanti."
In 2000 the company was under the control and management of Piero Ferrari and Di Mase and recovered from the crisis of the 90s, with the success of the Avanti and the certification of the Avanti II in 2005. With an order of 36 P.180 Avanti II by Avantair, a New Jersey company, worth almost € 200M, the company emerged from the crisis, becoming ...
Studebaker Avanti, a model of automobile built by Studebaker; Avanti II, a successor model made by Avanti Motor Corporation; Avanti Kart, a racing go-kart manufactured in Italy by JM Racing; DC Avanti, Indian designed sports car from DC Design; Piaggio P.180 Avanti, a business aircraft
He clad his pit crews in white coveralls with the oval STP logo scattered all over them, and once wore a suit jacket with the same STP-laden design. He made a cameo appearance in the 1968 Disney movie The Love Bug. STP-Paxton Turbocar from the 1967 Indianapolis 500. Granatelli's cars became a significant presence at the Indianapolis 500.