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Raymond Loewy was the industrial designer Studebaker employed to create their sporty Avanti model. At the time it was the last ditch effort of a failing company to stay relevant in an automotive market that had already passed them by. More »
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If bongo solos and Studebakers are your thing, you are guaranteed to enjoy this week's vintage Car and Track road test of the 1969 Avanti II. Even If bongo solos and Studebakers aren't your thing, chances are you will still enjoy Bud Lindemann's review of the second coming of the Avanti. More »
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The final years of Studebaker saw increasingly desperate attempts to claw back relevance from aging platforms and borrowed engines. Take this prototype Avanti fastback and sedan as examples. Actually, please, take 'em. They're burning our eyes. [Hemmings] More »
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There's no escape from Orange County (yet), because we're heading down the 405 a ways and getting off in Laguna Hills. Laguna Hills is the relentlessly stucco-and-cul-de-sacs home of the Leisure World retirement community, where all manner of original-owner old cars may be seen... gathering dust. OC-based Vance shot this Avanti- which may or may not deserve to be called a Studebaker, depending on how much of a purist one may be- for us; to read his description, jump! More »
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Maybe you passed up Jenna Jameson's Lamborghini, and Lindsay Lohan's SL65 left you cold. Well, forget about those pseudo-celebs' cars, because we've found Alice Cooper's Studebaker for sale! Avanti purists might come after you with the nearest blunt instrument when they see the modern Corvette 350 under the hood... wait, is there such a thing as an Avanti purist? Not only do you get an updated suspension and drivetrain, you get a genuine autographed Alice Cooper guitar! [eBay Motors] More »
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The majority of voters felt that an eternity spent wrenching on a pair of Willys Station Wagons would be preferable to eternity spent with a '58 Pontiac/'62 Mercedes-Benz combo, according to last Friday's Choose Your Eternity poll. That's fine, but what if you'd prefer endless toil on a hopeless challenging fast car? Something with light weight, V8 power, and primitive 60s suspension and brake design, perhaps? The red-hot iron gates are opening- come on in! More »
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Since we're in a Studebaker mood today, let's see how the doomed South Bend automaker tried to pitch their products during their last year building cars in the United States. You can get a flat floor and lots of rear seat room in the Lark, or the fastest production car in the world when you got the Avanti. What's it gonna be? Either way, we strongly recommend the disc brake option. And let's not forget the crazy Studebaker Wagonaire! More »
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One great thing about Alameda is you never know what kind of cars you'll find parked on the street. We've seen everything from a 1937 Cadillac to a Unimog in this series, but this may just be my favorite find yet. Yes, it's a Studebaker Avanti. A primer Studebaker Avanti, no less. When I spotted that distinctive front end from a few blocks away, there was no mistaking what I'd found. More »
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One can't help but back Raymond Loewy. Being bloggers, we're generally polarized types this good, that bad, ad infinitum and/or end of story. And while Loewy deserves a more serious critique than we can offer here, the man designed things that inspire us to this day. From cola bottles to the Studes that dominated the Salt Flats, Loewy's work is mid-century America. When John Doe sings "Coca-Cola in a Motorola kitchen," in X's "We're Desperate", it's Ray's work that comes to mind. Plus, he said of GM's design kingpin, "If left to his own devices, Harley Earl would put fins on a TV or refrigerator." All that talent and catty, too! Rowr! More »
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Avanti fans will have to shell out at least $61,950 to get behind the wheel of a new old Avanti, the former Studebaker coupe born from a few Raymond Loewy pencilstrokes back in 1961. A new partnership between the reborn Avanti Motors and Ford makes way for Avanti's new choice of engines, a 210 hp, 4.0-liter V6 in the base model, and a supercharged 4.6-liter V8 producing 462 horsepower and 419 lb-ft torque in the $95,000 top-of-the-line model. The company is building coupe and convertible versions, and a long list of options including DVD navigation. More »
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Avanti Motors, which just a year ago was a light summer breeze from collapse, is aiming for a big comeback in 2006. The company says it will introduce new Avanti models as well as the Hummer-sized Studebaker XUV it unveiled at the Chicago auto show in 2004. That the market for Snuffy-sized SUVs is deader than a ham on rye doesn't seem to be bogging the company's enthusiasm any. Avanti, which recently announced a new relationship with Ford Motor, is also firming up a new prototype of its iconic coupe (handed down from Studebaker via a 40-year chain of ownership) it plans to release sometime this month. No word on exactly when, but we're keeping an eye out. Interesting fact: The company's Web site has a dead-link listing for something called "SVO division." That could mean the company plans to offer cars powered by straight vegetable oil, or some kind of performance tie-in with Ford's former performance division. (Actually, it's a new V8-powered roadster.) More »
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