AVANTI was a desperate attempt to stay afloat at a time when the ship called Studebaker was beginning to sink. To save the ship, the company hired the best designer of the era and set out to create the most amazing sports car on the market, one that would draw people into showrooms just to get a glimpse of it. AVANTI was supposed to breathe new life into a dying Studebaker...but it never did.
Studebaker, as an automaker, ceased to exist in 1967, but the Avanti, which debuted under the 1963 model year banner, didn't go away with it, it managed to outlive its parent by a full four decades....
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8 сен 2024
