This clip is from the Studebaker Promotional Film, "Different by Design" for the 1964 model year. This is the segment on the Avanti and Avanti powered vehicles. the car was designed by Raymond Loewy for Studebaker. It set stock show room off the floor speed records of 168 miles per hour on the Bonnneville Salt Flats
they would have beat the lexus /less plastic in the studi . Now Could you imagine a modern REDO like the bird or the bug? i could . avanti or the hawk either one . me i'd liketo see a hawk tail finn again. iron heads and vortech supercharger.
silverbird58 7 months ago
I bet these were quality made cars. they could have competed against the Lexus coupe, mercedes and BMW
One of the sedans had a top speed of 140 MPH. That could have competed against a Mercedes , Lexus or a BMW and it ws AMERICAN
jackd105 1 year ago
I bet these were quality made cars. they could have competed against the Lexus coupe, mercedes and BMW
jackd105 1 year ago
The 1964 Studebaker line, was the best of all Studebaker lines, but several administration conspiracies, took the company out of business, what a terrible loss.
ARCANOE 1 year ago
God - I loved this car! Mine was white with a sun roof and was gorgeous but ran too damn hot! Fine during the winter - never needed to turn on the heat! In summer though - melted sneakers stuck to the floorboards. Jumped from zero to sixty if you even LOOKED at the gas pedal.
oogaachaka 1 year ago
The music sounds like the soundtrack from Peter Gunn. Ah, those were the days when America knew what the hell it was trying to do.
dumnuts1 2 years ago
A beauitful car!! Way ahead of it's time!
Creekside04 2 years ago
the music is the shiz-nit!!!!
grega1972 2 years ago
Tom Kellogg appears to have been the driving influence behind the original Avanti design. Loewy was a talented designer, but he also recognized the talents of his employees. He took credit for a lot of other people's work, including the 1947 Studes that Virgil Exner designed and Loewy loathed until they proved popular. Of course, in early 1946, even Crosleys were selling as fast as they could be built. It was a seller's market. In 1950-51, the bullet-nose Loewy favored sold very well, too.
winston5610 3 years ago
I owned a '63, '64, and 1980 Altman Avanti II. Each one was a blast!
Ken Patterson
HauntedStudios 3 years ago