[Eric in the Ozarks]

It was a sad day in South Bend when Studebaker closed. Someone said the Avanti is still being built somewhere, probably with a Chevy engine.
A neighbor had a 62 or 63 Golden Hawk when I was a youngster. I thought this was the coolest car I'd ever seen. The seats were low and the windshield kind of a narrow rectangle. The roofline dropped well down in the back so that it was a bit claustrophobic inside. But boy, was it snazzy !

[AnAmericanMother]

I had two roomies in college from S. Bend, and Studebaker's closing down hit the town hard. The Avanti is being built (I believe) in Villa Rica, GA, which is just west of Atlanta and less than 30 minutes from my front door.