RE: 2002 Trans Am Avanti?!?!?!?!?
Studebaker, in 63 and 64, made about 4600 Avantis. That less than half what they projected, which was 5000 per year.
Even at these low rates, thats far more than all the Avanti IIs, AVX, etc. that habve been made. Altman, with the first Avanti IIs, was lucky to move 150 a year, usually closer to 100. All ofthe ventures since have sold far less than a 100 per year. Some years they sold 0.
Studebaker wasn't undercapitalized, they just used their capital for other than automobile product development.
Studebaker could have survived, they just chose not to.
Ther are lots of books about Studebaker, but many of them are filled with errors, and many of hem quote "facts" that just aren't so. Only a few scholars have donethe research to figure out what reallky happened. Thomas Bonsall's Studebaker book is probably the best, but Beatty's book is a close second, and talks more about the corporate cultue that made Stude management behave the way tey did.
Studebaker was the fourth largest company inthe world in 1950.
Anyone think they know who was number 3 ?
Bob
Studebaker, in 63 and 64, made about 4600 Avantis. That less than half what they projected, which was 5000 per year.
Even at these low rates, thats far more than all the Avanti IIs, AVX, etc. that habve been made. Altman, with the first Avanti IIs, was lucky to move 150 a year, usually closer to 100. All ofthe ventures since have sold far less than a 100 per year. Some years they sold 0.
Studebaker wasn't undercapitalized, they just used their capital for other than automobile product development.
Studebaker could have survived, they just chose not to.
Ther are lots of books about Studebaker, but many of them are filled with errors, and many of hem quote "facts" that just aren't so. Only a few scholars have donethe research to figure out what reallky happened. Thomas Bonsall's Studebaker book is probably the best, but Beatty's book is a close second, and talks more about the corporate cultue that made Stude management behave the way tey did.
Studebaker was the fourth largest company inthe world in 1950.
Anyone think they know who was number 3 ?
Bob