Gunslinger Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 What was "The Fifty" regarding Avantis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Fifty Sudebaker contest prize giveaway Avantis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslinger Posted February 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Anyone else hazard an answer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Well, it wasn't shades of Grey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslinger Posted February 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Nate Altman initiated a lease program and embossed invitations were sent to prospects inviting them to be members of a select group..."The Fifty"...who would hopefully be interested in leasing one of fifty new Avantis being made available for the purpose. I don't know how successful the program was but there were a number of Avantis leased over time and a leased car was counted in the annual sales figures as sold. I've never seen one of these invitations other than the image of it in a book. It must be one of the rarest Avanti Motors Corporation promotional items as most were likely tossed out. It's probably one of the least known Avanti Motors initiatives. Without knowing definitively, I would think the production orders for lease cars would be marked as such. I wonder how many of these cars still exist and do the current owners know it? It wouldn't add any value to the cars but would be an interesting talking point for those cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plwindish Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 (edited) I've never heard of this program and would think the Production Orders would have a notification about the program attached to them. Perhaps our learned archivers such as John Hull might be able to answer that question. What year or years did this lease program run? The length of the leases and if some buyers took advantage of the program for more than 1 Avanti would be very interesting as well. Edited February 28, 2015 by plwindish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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