Current Auction: Arizona in January 2016 on January 28th, 2016
440
Lot #:
440
Year:
1963
Make:
Studebaker
Model:
Avanti
Body Style:
Coupe
Exterior Color:
Cream
Description:
This is an original Studebaker Avanti Milestone car. The Avanti was launched in April 1962 as a brilliant flash from the once proud Studebaker-Packard company. It was described as America’s only 4 passenger personal luxury Coupe. It had a Raymond Loewy styled fiberglass body, V8 engine and standard disc brakes. Although well received, the Avanti could not alone turn the tide at the South Bend works. The end came for Studebaker and it’s Avanti in December 1963 after only 1,600 Avanti’s had been made compared with some 23,000 Corvette’s made in the same period. The design has soldiered on with various attempts to revive Avanti, however, none have lived up to the original promise.
This is a very tidy example with a stylized bra and modern wheels.
