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Avanti (car)
The Avanti is an American performance sports coupe based on the Studebaker Avanti. A succession of five different ownership arrangements produced Avantis independently from Studebaker. After the closure of Studebaker's South Bend factory on December 20, 1963, cars with the name Avanti were initially produced from left-over Studebaker components and later from General Motors and Ford chassis and engines. These are not replica cars, for they were made by Avanti Motor Company.
==Altman and Newman==
After Studebaker ended production at South Bend, the "Avanti" model name, tooling, Studebaker truck production rights and parts and plant space were bought by local Studebaker dealers, Nate and Arnold Altman and Leo Newman, who incorporated as Avanti Motor Corporation and hand-built a small number of cars.〔Langworth, p. 278〕 Leo Newman ran the Studebaker truck parts division which enabled the company to be profitable at its outset. According to Stu Chapman, Studebaker Director of Advertising & Public Relations 1964-1966, in his book 'My Father The Car: Memoirs Of My Life With Studebaker', there was talk with Studebaker of reintroducing the Avanti to Studebaker showrooms in 1965/66, along with ambitious plans for rebadging an Isuzu Bellett as an entry level Studebaker, and combining with Canadian Motor Industries. This would have taken control and production away from the South Bend board who at the time was determined to discontinue auto production no matter that Studebaker was the only car company in history to discontinue a make that was still profitable.
The Altman brothers introduced a slightly modified version of the car in 1965 under the brand name "Avanti II".〔Langworth, p. 257〕 which initially had a 327-in³ (5.4 L) Chevrolet Corvette engine. This evolved to the 400, then the small-block 350, and then the 305 for 1981. The 305 V8 had electronic engine controls, , and GM's Turbo 350 automatic transmission with lockout. Building one of the 1980's Avanti IIs required 10 to 12 weeks, depending on special color or upholstery orders.〔 The last Avanti II made came off the line with a V6 engine from Roush and only one was made. All Avanti IIs and their successors were built on the Studebaker-designed chassis, from 1963 to 1987. After Nate Altman's death, Arnold Altman ran the company until it was sold in 1982.
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