Studebaker Avanti
In this episode, I cover the Studebaker Avanti, and non-Studebaker Avanti's as the car outlasted its parent company. Originally designed to save Studebaker in the 1960s, the Avanti would compete with the Ford Thunderbird and the Chevy Corvette. Powered by a Studebaker made V8, this car was not only powerful but lightweight and looked amazing with a unique design that wasn't American, it looked like nothing else on the road. while the car did not manage to save Studebaker, other companies would be created to continue production of the Avanti. Several
of these companies would go bankrupt themselves, but the torch would be passed on and the official end of Avanti production happened in 2006, 40 years after Studebaker closed.
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http://www.danjedlicka.com/classic_cars/studebaker_avanti.html#:~:text=The%20Avanti%20(Italian%20for%20%22forward,body%20four%2Dpassenger%20American%20car.&text=Studebaker%20was%20more%20than%20100,trouble%20by%20the%20mid%2D1950s.
https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2014/07/avanti-the-car-too-striking-to-die-with-studebaker/
http://classic-car-history.com/avanti-car-history.htm
https://www.mlive.com/auto/2016/06/avanti_motors_lives_on_in_wixo.html#:~:text=The%20Avanti%20was%20first%20built,automaker%20in%20the%20early%201960s.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/studebaker-goes-bankrupt
https://www.automobilemag.com/news/studebaker-avanti-history-photos/
