The Avanti serial number 63R1001, the first production model built by Studebaker, was in sad shape in 2001 when it was donated to the Lemay Museum of the Americas in Tacoma, Washington – the ...

When the Studebaker Avanti was announced in 1962 Studebaker history already dated back 110 years to 1852. It began when Clem and Henry Studebaker opened a blacksmith/wagon shop in South Bend, Indiana.

Studebaker's radically styled, fibreglass-bodied and fast 1963 Avanti was introduced half a century ago, as a grasping-at-straws effort to keep the brand alive, and the sporty coupe rocketed the ...

The Studebaker V8 was an excellent engine; the Avanti was fitted with a 232-cubic-inch engine bored out to 289 cubic inches and known as the R-1. It produced 240 horsepower.

You remember Studebaker. Studebaker. Twelve years ago, Studebaker-Packard flunked out of the new-car business. It was high time, too. Yet 1964 Studebakers are still being made back home in South Bend, ...

It's as distinctive as the original Studebaker version was 13 years ago. And in 1963, the Studebaker Avanti was an absolute goddamn revelation, the best-looking American car anyone had ever seen.