mfg Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Only one prototype of Mike Kelly's 'Avanti XUV' was made.......True? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studegary Posted November 2, 2015 Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 False There were three XUV prototypes. They may not have all been completed. I have seen two in one picture. There were plans for XUV and XUT models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted November 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 studegary says false because there were 3 prototypes built.....Any other thoughts on this question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslinger Posted November 2, 2015 Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 I understood two were built...one complete and one partially done. So much of that time in Avanti history isn't documented as accurate so just because I heard two doesn't make it so. I do know GM sued Avanti Motors over the similarity between their XUV and the Hummer. Now...you wouldn't be playing some Jedi mind tricks on us by saying "Avanti XUV" when there was also the "Studebaker XUV" would ya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudeNorm Posted November 2, 2015 Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 "Studebaker XUV". Is that the one where they named the XUV the "Studebaker by Avanti"? I believe I still have the magazine somewhere in a box in the basement... I remember thinking that it looked like a Suburban on steroids! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sat65 Posted November 2, 2015 Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 I thought there were 2 of them at the auto show in Chicago in 2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studegary Posted November 2, 2015 Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 I thought of the name game part of it before I answered. The SUV was originally a Studebaker, but changed to an Avanti after complaints. My answer was reflective of the SUV models in general, no matter their name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted November 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 You guys are SHARP!!!!!!,....but the answer here would be FALSE....simply because it/they were originally called the 'Studebaker XUV'...not the 'Avanti XUV'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studegary Posted November 2, 2015 Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 You guys are SHARP!!!!!!,....but the answer here would be FALSE....simply because it/they were originally called the 'Studebaker XUV'...not the 'Avanti XUV'. I still think that it is false, but not for the reason that you state. IIRC, the first one was called a Studebaker. That was changed to Avanti and the second and third ones would be Avantis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted November 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 I don't know Gary,....Studebaker threw some chrome at their 1957 President and called it a '1957 Packard'.....but to most of us it was still a 1957 Studebaker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studegary Posted November 3, 2015 Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 I don't know Gary,....Studebaker threw some chrome at their 1957 President and called it a '1957 Packard'.....but to most of us it was still a 1957 Studebaker! Not to me and don't forget the superchargers that they also "threw" on all of the 1957 Packards. Strange - I just remembered that I have owned several 1957 Studebakers and no 1957 Packards and one 1958 Packard and no 1958 Studebakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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