The Studebaker Avanti was designed in the Spring of 1961. Within two weeks Raymond Loewy's design team presented a clay model. The final result, introduced a year later at the New York Auto Show, defined the shape of generations of domestic and international nameplates. Following the inaugural Avanti Awards, Metro-Detroit High School Car Design Competition in 2008, a national and international challenge is being launched for 2009. High school students for the 2008-2009 term need not wait for next year's March 1st deadline to submit entries. Designs deemed worthy by the Committee judges will be posted from now until close of submissions. The winning designers will earn $100 (American) and have their work entered in the finals for the 2009 Avanti Awards. Students can enter as many designs as they wish. For 2009, no entry fee is required. Contest rules follow 2008 with a single exception: The model to be designed is the 2010 Avanti NXT, the "next generation" of the classic make. Judges will be looking for original, functional, and crisply rendered designs seating 4-5 in a two-door coupe.