Talk:Studebaker Avanti

Untitled

There shouldn't be explanation symbols in an encyclopedia. ~Aaron March 3rd 2007

I think that either the sections on the Avanti II and subsequent AVX Avanti should be deleted with a simple link posted to the Avanti page; alternately, get rid of that other page and consolidate all info here. Having two different pages with the same info. makes no sense and will eventually lead to the text diverging as someone edits/corrects one but not the other. Thoughts? 68.98.128.103 00:17, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Avantis from Mexico

Is there any proof that the current Avanti coupes and the Studebaker SUV are built in Mexico?Every time I go to the website, it says that they are biult in either the Atlanta suburb of Villa Rica, or the Miami-Dade area...

Please clarify this...thanks, Michaela92399 02:11, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes, they were in 2006 & 2007. This is documented in John Hull's 2008 book "Avanti: The Complete Story." As of 2008 Avanti production has been suspended pending criminal charges against Michael E. Kelly. --Jpenrice (talk) 03:52, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Molded Fiberglass Products

This article mentions that Studebaker executives were surprised that a company with ten years experience building fiberglass automobile panels (for Corvettes) would so completely fail at building the Avanti bodies. I suppose that's an oblique reference to the possibility of collusion between MFP, the fiberglass supplier of body panels, and GM, the maker of Corvettes. I've never heard anybody suggest this, but the Avanti, although not strictly a sports car, would blow the doors off a Corvette, especially the supercharged Avanti with the R3 engine. GM could see it coming and it wouldn't be unreasonable to think they may have either colluded with MFP, or threatened to cancel their Corvette business, or used any other method to apply pressure to MFP and prevent the Avanti from coming out on schedule. Has anybody seen or read anything to support this cynical view?Cd195 (talk) 00:35, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Long-term lack of sources

Many statements in the article lack sources, and some have been tagged as such for a very long time. Thus, fair warning has already been given. In view of the fact that most of the article is devoid of notability (eg, the list of vaguely relevant toy cars) I now give notice that I intend to clean it up and remove all unreferenced content as per WP:SOURCES. If anyone wants to keep any of the non-Studebaker information, they can start a new article on the particular subject. Cheers Bjenks (talk) 01:12, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

No comment on the above, eh? OK, it's now necessary to split the article up, because the non-Studebaker content is dwarfing the article's genuine subject matter, and this situation is unlikely to change. I have therefore added a number of 'cite-needed' tags and moved the non-Studebaker content to a separate article Avanti cars (non-Studebaker). Cheers Bjenks (talk) 02:26, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Source for dimensions

I've replaced the dubious source at Ultimatecarpage.com (which gives the Avanti's width as only 42.8") with the also not-very-academic secondary source The Production of the Studebaker Avanti at HowStuffWorks. To clear these figures up properly, I'll try to get more reliably sourced info from the Stude Museum people. Cheers, Bjenks (talk) 00:55, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Links to avoid

User:Rgallatin and an IP editor have been adding this link to the External Links section. I reverted it several times with the notation, WP:LINKSTOAVOID #11. This was ignored by those editors, who simply restored the link. The link clearly violates the WP:LINKSTOAVOID #11 clause. Besides the violation itself, the site has no indication of its legal status. The casual visitor might presume the site represents the interests of the owners of the intellectual property surrounding Studebaker and Avanti. The link also violates WP:COI, since User:Rgallatin states he runs the site. Strebe (talk) 21:28, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Studebaker Avanti R2 - location and date of road test wanted

I found the following quote from a 1962 Australian publication at [[1]]

The Avanti comes in two basic models – the R1 which has a carbeurated V8 engine – and the R2 which uses the same engine boosted by a Paxton centrifugal supercharger. Official bhp and torque figures have not been released for either version, but judging from the car's performance it would be near 220 and 280 bhp. This takes the Avanti into the ranks of the world's fastest sportscars. With a 3.73 to 1 rear axle ratio and four-speed manual transmission, the R2 will accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 6.3 seconds and from 0 to 100 mph in 16.5 seconds. The standing quarter mile can be covered in less than 16 seconds. During special tests from a standing start along a 2.25 mile straight, an R2 Avanti, fitted with a 3.31 to 1 axle ratio, touched 171.1 mph. Only 60.8 seconds were required to cover the entire distance. The Avanti averaged 133.3 mph for the distance.

Can anyone verify if the car that achieved the 171.1 mph was a production version, and when and where the test was carried out.NealeFamily (talk) 00:19, 7 January 2015 (UTC)