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Studebaker Avanti Supercharged - American individualist with supercharger

Name: Studebaker Avanti 1963
Brand: Studebaker

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Created on June 5, 2012

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Bruno von Rotz

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Studebaker Avanti (1963) - Early concept sketch (1961) by Raymond Loewy

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Studebaker Avanti (1963) - Sketch by Loewy

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Studebaker Avanti (1963) - Raymond Loewy and Sherwood Egbert proudly show off their new sports car

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Studebaker Avanti (1962) - looked like no other car

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Studebaker Avanti (1962) - Silhouette - the Avanti was ahead of its time in many respects

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Studebaker Avanti (1963) - front view of the 63 model

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Studebaker Avanti (1963) - rear view of the 63 model

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Studebaker Avanti (1963) - the reinforced Lark chassis for the Avanti

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Studebaker Avanti (1963) - complete dashboard in airplane cockpit look, on the right the boost pressure

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Studebaker Avanti (1963) - Control buttons like in an airplane cockpit

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Studebaker Avanti (1963) - the V8 engine with supercharger

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Studebaker Avanti (1963) - Rear suspension with rear leaf springs

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Studebaker Avanti (1962) - when production really got going and the cars could finally be delivered ...

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Summary

In around twelve months, Studebaker built a new sports car in 1962, which Raymond Loewy had given an individual look. The car had many modern attributes, but it was not able to save Studebaker. This report shows a 1963 supercharged car in detail and describes the technical solutions chosen.

This article contains the following chapters

A car instead of a shell
Chassis from the existing range
More power thanks to turbocharging
Advanced attributes
Nothing has changed, or has it?
With rarity value
Further information

Estimated reading time: 4min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Rarely has a car divided observers as much as the Studebaker Avanti. Even today, you either love it or hate it. But when you consider that the first vehicles were produced in 1962, at the same time as pontoon Mercedes saloons or the Opel Rekord P2, you can only admire the pioneering design. Raymond Loewy, responsible for the Shell brand emblem, was responsible for the design of the bodywork. His design was without a single straight line, Loewy exulted. The designer had banished the radiator, otherwise the dominant feature of most US cars, to under the front bumper. Trims and fittings were made of stainless steel instead of being chrome-plated. A roll bar spanned the interior and all the lights were of a simple design.

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