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These are prototypes produced
by Studebaker based on the Avanti
design. For a brief time in the early 1960's Studebaker had hopes that the well-received, but limited production Avanti
would save the company from certain financial ruin. Even the
Avanti couldn't make that dream come true, but several sedan
and four door designs were built using Avanti body panels. These
prototypes are proof of how powerful an influence the Avanti
had on corporate design strategy at the time. If Studebaker's
entire line of vehicles had been transformed into Avanti variations,
would this new fleet of cars have saved Studebaker?
Probably not since competitive design was only one of Studebaker's
problems. For many years the prototypes were kept in warehouses
and were almost forgotten. Today some of them are on exhibit
at the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend, Indiana.
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