Engines had to change of course. Studebaker had itself shifted to Chevrolet motors in the mid-1960s, and so the Avanti II gained a 300-hp version of the 327 it had once done battle against in the ...

Demand comes from out of state and overseas for the sleek product that was once supposed to save Studebaker. People still want Avanti cars and parts, and Dan Booth has both at his Nostalgic Motor ...

and is asking an injunction against Avanti Motor Corp. for its design of its new Studebaker XUV, currently on display at the Chicago Auto Show, claiming it is too similar to the shape of Hummer H2 ...

Studebaker unveiled the Avanti at the 1962 New York Auto Show ... which was a division of chainsaw manufacturer McCullough Motors. The $210 supercharger upgrade (about ten times that price ...

The car saw a handful of owners, the first a Studebaker dealer Nate Altman and his business partner, Leo Newman. Altman and Newman formed the Avanti Motor Corporation and produced 45 cars in 1965.

After an 18-month hiatus to get organized, Altman and Newman started making their own refined version of Studebaker's stillborn beauty. That was in 1966. Fledgling Avanti Motors created only two ...

The vehicle, according to Avanti marketing material, shares design cues found on the 1963 Studebaker Wagonaire.General Motors, which owns Hummer, says the Studebaker XUV looks too much like Hummer ...

But the stylish coupe could be had with two supercharged motors, the 290-hp R2 or ... is likely one contributor. Also, the Avanti was effectively Studebaker’s final car. After struggles to ...

McCullough Motors was a chainsaw manufacturer ... sketch out the original Star Trek shuttle.) Underneath, the Avanti was basically Studebaker's older Lark model, but with a stylish fiberglass ...

Today's Nice Price or No Dice Avanti is named after a kingdom of ... failed in the mission to save its original parent, Studebaker Motors. The same cannot be said, though, about the model's ...