i wish i had my digital camera i just parked next to what looks like a studebaker avanti (it says avanti on the back at least and the obvious front fascia) but its a new car!!! and obviously a new car, looked like it might have been ford internals but it actually looks pretty nice. Body kit, a new avanti? i wonder if its at all fast? need more info please help

 

did it look like this:

http://www.avantimotors.com/2005gallery.htm

 

I have to say, they have one of the ugliest front ends of any car. They really need to redesign it.

 

Ugly rear too

 

thats it, wow didnt think they would make them again

 

And they probably shouldn't.

 

oh i get it, its one of those amphibious cars right??
It certainly has ummmm charm

 

wow
that is ugly

 

fugly is more like it. WHo the hell would buy that and why?

 

It was R&T, I believe, that called the RX-8 stying "Avantiesqe." Hadn't thought of that but when I read it, I realized that was what attracted me to the RX-8. Perhaps it's an age thing, but for the ancient of us, the '62 Avanti represented the epitome of American car design. It was Studebaker's last gasp and such a radical departure from other American designs of the time (long hood, short deck), that it made it to the Museum of Modern Art.

Couldn't save Studebaker, but it remains an icon for many. So, before trashing the looks, consider that the design is 43 years old. What other American car of the period looks like anything other than a dinosaur. (Remember the Mustang was still three years away when the Avanti was introduced.)

 

UGLY...just plain UGLY, sorry...I know you like it...for some reason...LOL

 

yeah i've seen a couple of them too...I didn't know what the hell it was though

 

The old school avanti was pretty bad ***. They had some pretty fast version back in the day. The new ones do look terrible however, I don't know how they sell any of them.

The company also had a pretty interesting history if you read through it. A lot of different owners, a few crazy ones, and really inconsistent production numbers each years.