Avanti is Italian for “forward” or “advance,” and the car lived up to its name. 

This book tells the amazing story from the Avanti inception in South Bend, Indiana, to its current status in Cancun, Mexico. Many original source documents, factory photographs, corporate records, advertisements and first hand accounts trace the evolution of this American classic. 

The Avanti design was conceived by one of the greatest industrial designers – Raymond Loewy and his associates for Studebaker. The Avanti was Studebaker’s shining star for a brief period of time (1963-1964 model years) before the company exited the automobile manufacturing business in the United States in December of 1963. 

The Avanti exhibited phoenix like traits a number of times since and has gone through more than a handful of owners along with updates in design, maintaining a loyal customer base large enough to support production as a luxury specialty car, on and off for more than 45 years. 

Get the full scoop from an Avanti insider on the companies and people who helped keep Avanti alive.

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