Talk:Studebaker Avanti
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There is still a company called "avanti" displaying avantis at the Chicago Auto show, as of 2004.
[edit] Can this statement be clarified?
The following statement from the article is unclear to me:
- Since then, there have been further attempts to revive Avanti production.
A modernized Avanti is still being sold today. (image removed from between the two sentences)
Now does this mean that the Avanti isn't being produced, and thus the attempts to revive it, or does this mean that the is still in production and being sold. It can't be both, in production and out of production - got to be one or the other.
Also the image of the "modern" Avanti" looks a lot like the prototype based on the GM Camero/Firebired platform that was fielded a few years ago in Collectible Automobile as an affordible way to modernize the Avanti. So my question is, if this car is in production, is there a link to verify this? Stude62 02:17, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
- I know what you mean, although I don't have the knowledge to take a good stab at a writeup of the company's history. I think the basic confusion is that since the Avanti II, small companies have produced limited runs of the car and then experienced huge financial woes, then sold off everything to someone else to restart the cycle. There are at least one or two other former owners not mentioned in the article as of yet, including one that swapped out all of the old Studebaker suspension and frame parts for the old Monte Carlo drivetrain.
- There was an Avanti based on the GM F-body platform, basically a new body on top of a Camaro/Firebird. When I was at the Studebaker museum in 2004, I saw one of these. The word is, now that the F-body is dead, they have moved to the new Mustang as the donor. This is the company at http://www.avantimotors.com - no word on whether or not they're producing real cars you can buy at a dealer, or esoteric show cars that they put out there to get more funding. Jkonrath 21:25, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
