The first Avanti was built in 1962 by Studebaker, which, before crafting cars, was already well known for making wagons.
From the July 1976 issue of Car and Driver. You remember Studebaker. Studebaker. Twelve years ago, Studebaker-Packard flunked out of the new-car business. It was high time, too. Yet 1964 Studebakers ...