MotorWeek | Retro Review: 1985 Avanti

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Sadly, Avanti declared bankruptcy just a year after we tested this. However, the company lived to see another day and build a few more cars, too.

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  • @stevewinzar8173
    @stevewinzar81738 жыл бұрын

    I have bought an 81 Avanti this year and had it shipped from the USA to Australia. I know that this car does not appeal to everybody- even my own brother doesn't particularly like it. If you truly appreciate the history behind some of these cars, the appeal grows. I know this, and when I sit in mine I have to pinch myself to realise that I own such a significant piece of motoring history. Like it or not the Avanti is that kind of car. Considering it came out of 1962 and was made just that way for another three decades (with really minimal changes but virtually all for the better) you have to hand it some due. I stlill call it a Studebaker and typical of that marque- ya either love 'em or hate 'em.... and speed isn't everything.

  • @stevewinzar8173

    @stevewinzar8173

    8 жыл бұрын

    Nope- No Longer necessary with the advent of club plate registration

  • @esoteric1213

    @esoteric1213

    6 жыл бұрын

    I hope that avanti is doin you well

  • @QueerOkie

    @QueerOkie

    6 жыл бұрын

    The square headlamps are the only thing that puts me off the newer ones. Still wouldn’t turn down the opportunity to own one though...

  • @KingCast65

    @KingCast65

    5 жыл бұрын

    Oh I get it all right. I drive a 1988 BMW 535is as a DD even though I own a much newer 2003 SAAB convertible.

  • @CharlieBrown-pb9xn

    @CharlieBrown-pb9xn

    5 жыл бұрын

    add some hp. very easy with that car.

  • @jamesb8305
    @jamesb83057 жыл бұрын

    I remember the time when wheel of fortune used to give these away as prizes.

  • @SonnyGTA

    @SonnyGTA

    4 жыл бұрын

    I don't think that ever happened

  • @4jp

    @4jp

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@SonnyGTA WoF had an Avanti as a bonus prize. The show also offered a Countach as well. I do not know if anyone ever won them.

  • @stuartbear922

    @stuartbear922

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yep. I remember seeing the 4-door on WoF. It looked awful

  • @MrWolfSnack

    @MrWolfSnack

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@4jp People would have thrown up when they got the tax bill for it.

  • @scdevon

    @scdevon

    2 ай бұрын

    @@SonnyGTA - It definitely happened. Those poor winning contestants, too. A 4 door Avanti. As if the 2 door ones weren't ugly enough. Imagine getting a 10-99 form for the tax man for a 4 door Avanti from a game show....

  • @RoadCone411
    @RoadCone4115 жыл бұрын

    04:55 Looks like a first-gen Chevy Lumina going in reverse

  • @TbsDltn

    @TbsDltn

    4 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @blaneblue1739

    @blaneblue1739

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol that's funny

  • @cocodrilo1443

    @cocodrilo1443

    4 жыл бұрын

    wtf? You must have cataracts

  • @seinsmeld13
    @seinsmeld133 жыл бұрын

    My father worked at Studebaker in Hamilton up until it closed in the 60s. He moved on to Ford then retired there. This was a beautiful and will be missed. Thanks John.

  • @fernandorocha8459

    @fernandorocha8459

    Жыл бұрын

    Avanti is very nice car

  • @genepoon8905
    @genepoon89055 жыл бұрын

    The Avanti chassis changed from the 1953 Studebaker design to one adapted from a Chevrolet midsize car, then to a Chevrolet Caprice. After the 1986 bankruptcy, Avanti went through a succession of owners, a move to Ohio, a short-lived (and ugly) four-door sedan version, another move to Georgia, a change from Chevrolet to Ford engines, another move to Mexico, and the owner's arrest for running a Ponzi scheme. That ended the Avanti for good (bad?).

  • @dbridger620
    @dbridger6208 жыл бұрын

    I grew up in South Bend, and am old enough to remember the glory days of manufacturing here. The Avanti was a cool car way ahead of it's time, and Raymond Loewy was the designer of some other Studebaker cars such as the beautiful "Golden Hawk" in the late 50s. The man was way ahead of his time. I sure would love to see South Bend regain some of that former economic glory from those bygone days.

  • @TheOzthewiz

    @TheOzthewiz

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Take the red pill Yes! He is STEPPING up production of his ties in China! Ivanka's clothing manufacturing business in Bangladesh is also going to require MORE workers!

  • @DUCKSAREEVILLLLLLLL

    @DUCKSAREEVILLLLLLLL

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheOzthewiz Acute TDS. Seek help, posthaste.

  • @neildickson5394
    @neildickson53948 жыл бұрын

    Incredibly interesting! Just watched Motorweek this weekend on PBS and was thinking of those days when they tested an Avanti, a test before this exotic entry. I have to hand it to Motorweek to do this, you couldn't get a mainline publication like Motor Trend, Car and Driver, or Road and Track to even acknowledge Avanti's, or Studebaker for that matter. No wonder we have so few domestic car makers left. They handed the market to foreign makes on a silver platter.

  • @MsPepperbelly
    @MsPepperbelly5 жыл бұрын

    I love MotorWeek, but I notice now, watching it years later, how easy they are on the vehicles in terms of criticism and that critique is somewhat inconsistent as well.

  • @FrankDyke

    @FrankDyke

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yup. This was a far too fawning review for a car that hadn't changed in 22 years.

  • @realazduffman

    @realazduffman

    4 жыл бұрын

    If you are too rough on them you lose press access eventually

  • @sethallison5682

    @sethallison5682

    3 жыл бұрын

    True but also cars were worse overall back then. The Pontiac 1000/Chevy Chevette took 30 seconds to get to 60 mph for example. The bar was low.

  • @scdevon

    @scdevon

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not one mention of the abysmal quality of some of the cars they tested even by 80s and 90s standards. It was well known what the predicted and actual reliability was with most of the hunks-o-s%it they tested over the years.

  • @jasonk19xx17

    @jasonk19xx17

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@realazduffman Maybe, but they were even somewhat kind to the shitbox Chevette.

  • @carwrtr1
    @carwrtr1 Жыл бұрын

    I have had the chance to drive an Avanti, and it is a wonderful car to drive. My late father had one, and my family went into the factory in South Bend, Indiana. Beautiful car…

  • @gregorytimmons4777
    @gregorytimmons47775 жыл бұрын

    It looked pretty competent going through those cones.

  • @stuartbear922

    @stuartbear922

    3 жыл бұрын

    Especially for an old Studebaker suspension. Very level indeed!

  • @adamtrombino106
    @adamtrombino1067 жыл бұрын

    I remember servicing a couple of these lil gems in the early 90's when I worked for GoodYear. 1 was an 80 with the low suds 350 Vette engine and 3 speed auto, the other was indeed an 85 with the 305 HO and 5 speed. That car was actually quite fun to drive! Both were white on saddle tan interiors, in leather. Both always turned heads, and both were fairly easy to drive, as long as 1 wasn't backing up.. Low seating and limited rear glass area made it seem like I was sitting way down in it, not just in it and ready to go. Still, I never see these cars anymore, so this limited review was nice!

  • @stickmanime
    @stickmanime3 жыл бұрын

    I had the pleasure of seeing one of these at an NC car show back in Autumn ‘19. If I remember correctly, the man who brought it was the original owner - told him I thought it was the coolest car I’d seen there and appreciated him keeping an oddball like this on the road. Frankly I think the car looks great, though I will say it’s better in-person.

  • @rizzlerazzleuno4733
    @rizzlerazzleuno47335 жыл бұрын

    Our family owned two original 1963 Avanti. First was destroyed in a crash and the second finally sold and replaced with something more practical. The Avanti was a "touring car" similar in concept to the Thunderbird. It was not a sports car and the handling was typical for similar sized cars of that era. The continuation of the car past its original clean design was never an improvement. It was designed in an era when bumpers were just decorations, so the addition of larger bumpers was detrimental to the design. The back seat was very cramped for adults. If you search YT and the net you can find lots of info, tests and stories from owners of the 1963-64 and the Avanti II (that was nearly identical to the original except for the switch to Chevrolet engines & transmissions.) It's great that MotorWeek has given us these retro reviews as a fun way to cover some automotive history.

  • @exerminator2000
    @exerminator20007 жыл бұрын

    the bumper makes it look like a platypus...

  • @scootergeorge9576

    @scootergeorge9576

    5 жыл бұрын

    Raymond Loewy is spinning in his grave!

  • @RustyVigero2005

    @RustyVigero2005

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well, it's different. You look at it and just know it's an Avanti.

  • @thestarlightalchemist7333

    @thestarlightalchemist7333

    3 жыл бұрын

    Studebaker Avanti, the official car of Perry the Platypus

  • @doctorzaius4084
    @doctorzaius40848 жыл бұрын

    Man, the variety of cars that have graced MotorWeek's testing facilities over the years is stunning. These post-Studebaker Avantis are really obscure cars... amazing that the business kept going for so long (and in the original South Bend plant at that). Makes me kind of wish they were still around, although they actually *did* survive all the way up until 2006!! By that point they were basically a re-bodied Mustang, after having been a re-bodied Camaro briefly in the early '00s. They were also being built in Mexico, and the owner of the company was apparently running some type of Ponzi scheme. A sad ending, although at least it's a good story!

  • @tjhaywood100
    @tjhaywood1007 жыл бұрын

    I'd like to have an original R2 supercharged '63 Avanti with the Stude 289 V-8.

  • @mescko

    @mescko

    5 жыл бұрын

    I believe a few R3s escaped.

  • @cowboygeologist7772

    @cowboygeologist7772

    4 жыл бұрын

    Is that the one they had at the flats and stock went 178 mph?

  • @5610winston

    @5610winston

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@cowboygeologist7772 Prototype R3, 299.4 cubes (finalized R3 was 304.5). The R5 (304.5, dual superchargers, Bendix fuel injection, belly pan fairings) made it to 196, and I have seen a video of a modified Studebaker-powered Avanti special that made it to 216 MPH.

  • @Carlito1988
    @Carlito19883 жыл бұрын

    In the 80's, my favorite 3 American cars were the '87 Buick GN, Mustang SVO and the Avanti. I still have my '84 SVO, went to trade in another vehicle for a GN when they were still new, but deal fell through because they would't give me enought trade in. Sadly, never got an Avanti either, but hey, at least I still have one of my favorites!

  • @DocWolph
    @DocWolph7 жыл бұрын

    I could see a truly updated evolved forward design of this car.

  • @jayjackson597
    @jayjackson5973 жыл бұрын

    i've been lusting after one of these since i first saw one in the 60's

  • @thunder230mph6
    @thunder230mph68 жыл бұрын

    There was a 1985 Avanti?! Now that, I didn't know!

  • @scootergeorge9576

    @scootergeorge9576

    5 жыл бұрын

    Avanti II.

  • @solracer66

    @solracer66

    4 жыл бұрын

    Scooter George Actually by 1985 the “II” designation was dropped as you can see it’s missing from the nose unlike earlier cars.

  • @justinbig10
    @justinbig108 жыл бұрын

    Just goes to show you that you're never to old to learn something! I'm over 50, and for all of these years I thought Avanti was something out of Canada!

  • @BuzzLOLOL

    @BuzzLOLOL

    6 жыл бұрын

    You can be excused, since Studebaker of South Bend, Indiana (Notre Dame University) went under before you were born... They even produced a Rockne model in honor of Knute Rockne... My grandpa drove a big car, 1940's Studebaker President...

  • @TheOzthewiz

    @TheOzthewiz

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bricklin SV?

  • @ryansrides9714
    @ryansrides97144 жыл бұрын

    Very cool looking car, thank you motor week

  • @henrikstenstrom79
    @henrikstenstrom797 жыл бұрын

    Scott, in 1985 With emission control harder every year , 190hp was really not bad. Computers have improved a lot sinne then.

  • @eggbirdtherooster
    @eggbirdtherooster8 жыл бұрын

    Right speaker thought; Fuck this shit im outta here

  • @ken444444

    @ken444444

    7 жыл бұрын

    Classy.

  • @THR33SIXX3MPYR

    @THR33SIXX3MPYR

    7 жыл бұрын

    EGGBIRDTHEROOSTER Mono audio is a thing

  • @Juanknes
    @Juanknes8 жыл бұрын

    Looks better than most american cars of that era. It also looks better than a lot of modern cars.

  • @9890jsp
    @9890jsp8 жыл бұрын

    I like this car, it's different for sure. Wonder what it would look like rendered as a 2016 model?

  • @5610winston

    @5610winston

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ceesan5605 One of the original designers, Tom Kellogg (RIP) updated it in the early 2000s, setting the revised model on a Firebird space-frame. It worked, and performed on par with or a bit better than with the top-optioned '64 model Studebaker R3 Avanti. After Kellogg's death and the demise of Pontiac, and relocation from Villa Rica, GA to Cancun, a few were built on the Mustang platform before they finally shut down. Have to wonder, though, how a hybrid or full-electric long-range version of the Kellogg design (or even the original Loewy-team --- Raymond Loewy, John Ebstein, Bob Andrews, and Tom Kellogg) would compete today? Remember, the original Avanti had the lowest coefficient of drag in the world at the time, and with a supercharged 299-cubic inch Studebaker (.090 overbore on the Stude 289) engine it set 29 Bonneville speed records, faster than the Pontiac 421, faster than the Dodge 426 wedge.

  • @dnedwrds
    @dnedwrds7 жыл бұрын

    Something about it says Liberace and pimp. I don't know

  • @edgarbeat275

    @edgarbeat275

    7 жыл бұрын

    HAHAHA I also always thought that with the post Studebaker Avanti esp with the modern wheels and tacky interiors. But I still like them :) I'd just pull back on the tackiness If i was ordering one.

  • @scottkosatka5818

    @scottkosatka5818

    6 жыл бұрын

    It's probably the same thing that causes people to say the same thing about you when they see you--pimp and Liberace. lol

  • @cocodrilo1443

    @cocodrilo1443

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Matthew Caughey A Blackhawk says "Pimp of Pimps"

  • @Demosthenes409
    @Demosthenes4098 жыл бұрын

    looks futuristic and sleek, even for its time

  • @Spaz12isHipAimedFagg
    @Spaz12isHipAimedFagg5 жыл бұрын

    That interior is so beautiful

  • @0311RFLMN
    @0311RFLMN6 жыл бұрын

    nothing is ugly about the Avanti. beautiful looking car at any angle.

  • @MREnzoHerbie
    @MREnzoHerbie8 ай бұрын

    It is very interesting how the Avanti's front always used to be very modern, even for the 80's, only the rear (from the small window to the rear) are less modern, but, of course, talking about design.

  • @jamesbowen2105
    @jamesbowen21054 ай бұрын

    in the Summer of 84 i visited their showroom in South Bend...just fantasy shopping but the Executives and designers took their own time to show me around, let me window shop and test drive. they shared their fantasies of where it could go and went into unlisted options that could be integrated during build.

  • @sales8026
    @sales80267 жыл бұрын

    Love the old school Recaro seats!

  • @stuartbear922

    @stuartbear922

    3 жыл бұрын

    They don't match the car, but in the 80s, it worked very well.

  • @TheProAer
    @TheProAer4 жыл бұрын

    My friend Master P loves American cars of this vintage, he would love this.

  • @kanob6440
    @kanob64408 жыл бұрын

    More style than cars today

  • @ReallyRyan.

    @ReallyRyan.

    5 жыл бұрын

    kano b It literally looks like a shovel, even a modern garbage Kia has more style than that thing

  • @cocodrilo1443

    @cocodrilo1443

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ReallyRyan. A shovel???? Man, go eat dry plain ricecake. In your Kia.

  • @tjhaywood100
    @tjhaywood1007 жыл бұрын

    The Avanti has always been one of my favorite cars. It's a beautiful design!

  • @jeffmorse645
    @jeffmorse6457 жыл бұрын

    Our neighbor was a Studebaker fan and had an original early 60s Avanti. It was a pretty cool car given the time it was built in. I liked the looks of it. Over 20 years later? Not so much.

  • @neildickson5394
    @neildickson53948 жыл бұрын

    Fake Riviera, how freaking insulting! This car was built nearly 2 years before it, and stayed in production until 2007. In it's day it was the fastest production car in existance. Few, if any cars can trace their history back to 1852. And, the grill was under the front bumper. This car was shocking in 1962, no grill, almost no chrome, roll bar, seat belts, etc. Maybe these are taken for granted in the past 10 to 20 years, but 50 years ago, believe me it was radical stuff.

  • @miguelcastaneda7236

    @miguelcastaneda7236

    5 жыл бұрын

    Neil Dickson remember back in 90s..was looking at one at dealership from one built at plant in canada were priced high 30s..mrs ricker of riker motors had one of originales with suoercgarger had trouble keeping up with her at time has a shelby..and she was in her 80s

  • @larrywiggin3489

    @larrywiggin3489

    3 жыл бұрын

    theflyingpenguin I thought a reproduction was produced in Canada!

  • @neildickson5394

    @neildickson5394

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@larrywiggin3489 Common disbelief. Studebaker built cars in Hamilton, Ontario for many years, moving all world production there in 64-66. The Avanti was NOT a reproduction. It was a continuing product built until 2007, when the CEO got into serious legal problems. Up until that time, the Studebaker name was planned on being reintroduced on a Hummer like XUV.

  • @DanielPfender
    @DanielPfender6 жыл бұрын

    My right ear is really lonely

  • @MrTbonesmalls

    @MrTbonesmalls

    6 жыл бұрын

    Daniel Pfender lmao

  • @albear972

    @albear972

    5 жыл бұрын

    This clip was recorded in monaural sound it seems.

  • @SonnyGTA

    @SonnyGTA

    4 жыл бұрын

    Talk to the guy from Nantucket

  • @thewiseowl3672

    @thewiseowl3672

    4 жыл бұрын

    Daniel Pfender So, purchase the new Avanti, and adjust the balance control so it favors your right ear, then you and your ear won’t be lonely.

  • @roydavis6366

    @roydavis6366

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tyrone Smalls o

  • @undefinedname1398
    @undefinedname13985 жыл бұрын

    I have always wanted one of these cars. Someday....

  • @TedSchoenling
    @TedSchoenling7 жыл бұрын

    Love the broken crystal ball there.. "long term survival" my rear end

  • @LearnAboutFlow

    @LearnAboutFlow

    6 жыл бұрын

    I'd call 1985 to 2006 pretty good in the car game with the same car

  • @ansett7687
    @ansett76874 жыл бұрын

    Nice side profile, interior has its charms, better looking then most of the US vehicle interiors if that era, great side and rear profile......but that front end🤮 it’s enough to make baby Jesus cry. You’d need to pass sick bags around at the unveiling of this from end.

  • @camaro69green31
    @camaro69green314 жыл бұрын

    Chevs 5.0 litre L69 A great engine. I bought my first Camaro. An '84 Z28 5.0 HO. The best Camaro I have owned. The L69 was a great 5.0 litre mill.....never once had any engine issues with it. I put over 100,000 km's on it while I owned it. Loved that car.

  • @THR33SIXX3MPYR
    @THR33SIXX3MPYR7 жыл бұрын

    A Nardi wheel and Recaros? This thing could win some scene points with the stance hotboys, just needs some BBS reps and 10° of camber.

  • @landyachtfan79
    @landyachtfan798 жыл бұрын

    I would LOVE to have the music in this for my Ipod!!!!

  • @Doobie1975
    @Doobie19758 жыл бұрын

    for some reason I can't help but think of a mid 80's Mercury Cougar when I see this car on the sides.

  • @JimJones-zc9mk

    @JimJones-zc9mk

    8 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if the rear windows are interchangeable with the mercury cougar?

  • @5610winston
    @5610winston Жыл бұрын

    I spotted one of about this vintage a couple of days ago. All I saw was the roof and a couple of inches of the pillars, but I recognized it, even driving past the lot at about sixty MPH. I turned around and paused to take some pictures. I still prefer the original round-headlight Studebaker model.

  • @realgone222
    @realgone2226 жыл бұрын

    Why was this segment shot in darkness?

  • @mental_modeler2952
    @mental_modeler29528 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful car

  • @joshd9442
    @joshd94427 жыл бұрын

    "..and with a little luck Avanti might go on forever.." Description "Sadly avanti went bankrupt just a year after testing this." lol

  • @robertmacdonald4518
    @robertmacdonald45182 жыл бұрын

    They did this car on counts custom for Alice cooper , older model but almost exactly did this white cars treatment even wheels and wider rear tires.

  • @joedude9954
    @joedude99544 жыл бұрын

    The wiper switches are from AMC.

  • @dnlcast2
    @dnlcast24 жыл бұрын

    They just took an Oldsmobile, modified the front, the back, the interior, added thousands of dollars to the price tag...and....walla! The Avanti!

  • @RiverwalkFunHouse

    @RiverwalkFunHouse

    4 жыл бұрын

    So true. There's a sucker born every day.

  • @jakekaywell5972

    @jakekaywell5972

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's not like the Avanti Corporation was trying to be in the mainstream market nor did they have the funds to do so. It's a very interesting piece for it's day that's better than quite a few others we were making at the time.

  • @Simnettnutrition
    @Simnettnutrition8 жыл бұрын

    The rear end is actually really nice, but the front is horrible. It looks like an electric version of a Chrysler Daytona. Why no grill?

  • @Sheehy223

    @Sheehy223

    7 жыл бұрын

    The original ones with circular headlights and chrome bumpers are way sexier.

  • @IVR02

    @IVR02

    6 жыл бұрын

    The square headlights clash with the design. I get that they looked more modern, but I think the original circular headlights fit much better with the Avanti body.

  • @justinanderson8758

    @justinanderson8758

    6 жыл бұрын

    Simnett Nutrition Dodge built the Daytona Chrysler built the Laser

  • @sandorski56

    @sandorski56

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ya, every angle looks good...except the Front. Just looks kinda goofy.

  • @scootergeorge9576

    @scootergeorge9576

    6 жыл бұрын

    Only kids? Look, Show, when the car was new detractors were calling it the "Anteater." Sales under Studebaker were poor. The new '63 Corvette Stingray was much more popular.

  • @spinal_capped
    @spinal_capped6 жыл бұрын

    Raymond Loewy was always ahead of his time!!

  • @stuartbear922

    @stuartbear922

    3 жыл бұрын

    I believe he once said, if you design something too well you'll never need another which leads to a destitute designer.

  • @thomaswilliams1213
    @thomaswilliams12138 жыл бұрын

    How did this thing stay cool with no grille to direct air through the radiator?

  • @Hibernicus1968

    @Hibernicus1968

    8 жыл бұрын

    +thomas williams The intake was located underneath the front bumper, just like a lot of cars today.

  • @gregorytimmons4777

    @gregorytimmons4777

    5 жыл бұрын

    Amazing how many people can look at something and every detail escapes them such as the air intake.

  • @stuartbear922
    @stuartbear9223 жыл бұрын

    Did the '85 Avanti use the original Studebaker chassis? When did they upgrade to the GM chassis?

  • @bobbrinkerhoff3592

    @bobbrinkerhoff3592

    2 жыл бұрын

    They went to Monte Carlo donor cars in 1986, and the seldom seen four door version was put on an El Camino donor , due to the need for a longer wheelbase .

  • @scottbourdon7578
    @scottbourdon75787 жыл бұрын

    Greatest Design Ever! Designed by the same man that designed the original coke bottle. You can actually trace a coke bottle off the body from the rear corner. Today we hear about coke bottle bodies, this is where it came from. Anybody that cannot appreciate an Avanti (Only car to ever be on display in the Smithsonian as an automotive work of art), should drive a Yugo or Pacer.

  • @baronfyrewhine

    @baronfyrewhine

    6 жыл бұрын

    Loewy did not design the original coke bottle. He modified it.

  • @gregorytimmons4777

    @gregorytimmons4777

    5 жыл бұрын

    I did not know about the Smithsonian. The Citroen DS should have been parked alongside it there.

  • @osgeld
    @osgeld7 жыл бұрын

    Looks like that one effed up cookie you dont put in the gift basket, like seriously WTH is that shape, marshmallow hard poop?

  • @norelba3154

    @norelba3154

    5 жыл бұрын

    No clsaa, no soul comment.

  • @donnwiggins9587
    @donnwiggins95876 жыл бұрын

    I love this car

  • @BanCorporateOwnedHouses
    @BanCorporateOwnedHouses5 жыл бұрын

    I would love to see one of these modernized in 2018. Turbo and 6 speed or even electric.

  • @christianbrodiez5287

    @christianbrodiez5287

    5 жыл бұрын

    Entièrement d'accord!

  • @genegoodwin8925
    @genegoodwin8925 Жыл бұрын

    With auto manufactures showimg interest in bringing back in-line six cylinder engines, wouldn't it be neat if someone would bring back the Avanti with an in-line six cylinder under that long hood. Of course the car needs some updates like air bags, four wheel independent suspension, four wheel disc brakes, EFI, ABS, and traction control. But with it's timeless design and amazing good looks I think it would still sell. I know I'd want one.

  • @camaro69green31
    @camaro69green314 жыл бұрын

    rear end looks like a Buick Reatta. I like it.

  • @The_R-n-I_Guy
    @The_R-n-I_Guy Жыл бұрын

    Nice looking car. I'd drive it

  • @robpond7385
    @robpond73856 жыл бұрын

    Neat cars way ahead of its time just about own one in 64 in 69

  • @subeyguy66
    @subeyguy665 жыл бұрын

    How did these not overheat?

  • @TheLucidLuxray
    @TheLucidLuxray6 жыл бұрын

    I actually like the look of this car.

  • @eldo59
    @eldo597 жыл бұрын

    Exotic version of the AMC Gremlin

  • @Sheehy223
    @Sheehy2237 жыл бұрын

    Goddam these are so cool.

  • @cowboygeologist7772
    @cowboygeologist77724 жыл бұрын

    I almost bought a new 1985 one in Kansas City, but just didn't like the looks of the front end looking like it should be the rear. Yes, I know they all looked like that in the front.

  • @otter747
    @otter7475 жыл бұрын

    Are they still making these?

  • @neildickson5394
    @neildickson53948 жыл бұрын

    What younger observation fails to grasp is that this design came out in 1962. It was revolutionary, there was absolutely nothing on the road like it nor would there be for 10 to 20 years. It's easy to criticize a 50 year old design now, but totally illogical. What would a 50 year old car look like in 1962? I dare say you won't get admiring looks on 1912 model in 62. The Avanti was decades ahead and the industry finally caught up, but it deserves respect as a pioneer of design. Many later cars copied elements like the Camaro, Jensen Interceptor. many others. Like the Chrysler Airflow, it simply was too advanced for American tastes.

  • @AE86ofMtAkina

    @AE86ofMtAkina

    7 жыл бұрын

    I took a look at the original, it's much better looking. But damn, what mark said, they basically predicted 70's styling.

  • @MrTheHillfolk

    @MrTheHillfolk

    7 жыл бұрын

    Neil Dickson Yea my dads not an American car guy really but he digs these...more towards a European style at the time. On a side note, at work the other day and wrenching on a mid 60s onan generator and I noticed the tag said "onan, a division of studebaker"....I did not know that.

  • @davidhunt6463

    @davidhunt6463

    7 жыл бұрын

    Neil Dickson , unlike the Jaguar E - Type that really was ahead of it's time, was quicker, lighter, cheaper and handled way way better.

  • @johnsurs22

    @johnsurs22

    7 жыл бұрын

    I don't think that there has every been anything on the road like it. The original Avanti, especially, with the round headlights is one of the coolest cars ever. I say this as a millenial, so I think maybe some people are just being negative, which is nothing new on yt.

  • @IVR02

    @IVR02

    6 жыл бұрын

    I think it’s beautiful. And it looks a thousand times better then most modern exotics.

  • @sagnbaby
    @sagnbaby8 жыл бұрын

    FROM A DISTANCE IT REMINDS ME OF THE AMP AMX FROM THE REAR

  • @ekop1778

    @ekop1778

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Joey R GIANT EYES WIDE SHUT!!!!!!!! UGLY AS A MOKING BIRD ON WEEDS

  • @sagnbaby

    @sagnbaby

    8 жыл бұрын

    lmfao

  • @markmason3965

    @markmason3965

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nope.

  • @billgateskilledmyuncle23
    @billgateskilledmyuncle235 жыл бұрын

    How does this thing not overheat?

  • @heikkiremes5661
    @heikkiremes56617 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful. Never knew they actually made these after Studebaker went under. Nice.

  • @thetreblerebel
    @thetreblerebel3 жыл бұрын

    I wonder how the engine gets air to cool down with?

  • @vintagesurvivor

    @vintagesurvivor

    2 жыл бұрын

    Chin scoop, like a lot of cars today

  • @fernandorocha901
    @fernandorocha9019 ай бұрын

    Very nice this car

  • @jackdough8164
    @jackdough81642 жыл бұрын

    It’s like a concept car version of the K car lol

  • @markleckband4495
    @markleckband44958 жыл бұрын

    Can you please do the third gen Chrysler vans

  • @deftcon1
    @deftcon18 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful... standout style, many cars nowadays look like every other car out there... not the Avanti! And 9 seconds was fine for its day, I hope the guys saying it's slow say that for every review from a year like this with such a time... at which point, you'd start to look more than a bit foolish.

  • @VaunShiz

    @VaunShiz

    8 жыл бұрын

    Uh what? this is an *exotic* I'm sure a Ferarri F12 of today,doesn't look like everything on the road.. there is a reason why this car died XD

  • @danmccarthy4700

    @danmccarthy4700

    8 жыл бұрын

    +matthew von ...in 2006. How many Ferraris stayed in production for 43 years?

  • @9890jsp

    @9890jsp

    8 жыл бұрын

    +matthew von this car was built for decades, what in the actual fuck are you talking about?

  • @dcanmore

    @dcanmore

    8 жыл бұрын

    +9890jsp well to be fair, less than 100 Avantis were built between 1988 and 2006 with no production at all between 1991-99. Shame the marque ended with a crook, on his way to trial when he died. Would like to see the Studebaker and Avanti names come back though. The Ferrari comparison is ridiculous.

  • @ohioalphornmusicalsawman2474

    @ohioalphornmusicalsawman2474

    8 жыл бұрын

    nice power for back then indeed, and still decent today, much better than a Prius. Compared to a Yugo, Chevette, or 2.5 liter Citation, this car was greased lightning

  • @chrisj197438
    @chrisj1974385 жыл бұрын

    I had no idea they made those until 1985.

  • @richardunicorn7879
    @richardunicorn78795 жыл бұрын

    Very futuristic. Even today.

  • @osgeld
    @osgeld6 жыл бұрын

    from the side it looks razor sharp, from the rear it looks like a boat, from the front it looks like the family truckster

  • @donnwiggins9587
    @donnwiggins95877 жыл бұрын

    I love this car i wish I owned one

  • @RustyVigero2005

    @RustyVigero2005

    3 жыл бұрын

    They're still sort of affordable.

  • @boss12
    @boss122 жыл бұрын

    Still very sharp in 2022.

  • @user-rh8hc9gy7d
    @user-rh8hc9gy7d3 жыл бұрын

    Раймонд Лоуи - один из лучших промышленных дизайнеров. "Аванти" - редкая и интересная машина.

  • @vr4787
    @vr47873 жыл бұрын

    Johnn Lawrence’s Avanti in The Karate Kid brought me here

  • @spacetrucker2952
    @spacetrucker29526 жыл бұрын

    I've always wanted one, but have never seen one in person.

  • @emjayay

    @emjayay

    5 жыл бұрын

    I betcha the Studebaker museum in South Bend has at least one, as well as other car museums. I mean the unadulterated original.

  • @Clearanceman2
    @Clearanceman27 жыл бұрын

    If you bought one of these back in the day, condolences.

  • @DrewLSsix

    @DrewLSsix

    7 жыл бұрын

    Clearanceman2. why? they are still worth more money than many cars of the era.

  • @W5AWG
    @W5AWG Жыл бұрын

    In 1963 I lived next door to a guy that had the Avanti, he used me to Watch for Benton, Arkansas police who Lusted to catch him, we always had drag races on Highway 35. I didn't get a Driver's License for 4 years, 1966 i turned 16, when a used 55 Ford Car costed $75.00. A used @100.00 car had No Oil and Exhaust emitting noxious fumes, and a $$50.00 1955 Buick Sedan would last forever, those old cars were designed to be rebuild able under a shade tree by Arkansas Poor Folks and by golly I with we had enough Brains to build like they was then.

  • @rfdsdf1
    @rfdsdf18 жыл бұрын

    I wonder what John's stock picks look like...

  • @Timbrock1000
    @Timbrock10005 жыл бұрын

    What was the price???

  • @TheOzthewiz

    @TheOzthewiz

    4 жыл бұрын

    MSRP for a base '63 Avanti was $4500(in 1963).

  • @jasonk19xx17
    @jasonk19xx173 жыл бұрын

    I had no idea they were still making these in 1985. Looks like a really nice car, but at the equivalent of $80 grand today? Hmm. Not fast, either, with GM's anemic 1980s V8s. Would be cool to have one today, especially with the drivetrain parts availability.

  • @SueBobChicVid
    @SueBobChicVid5 жыл бұрын

    Pontiac should buy the Avanti name. It will be a good fit with their brand. Oh, wait...

  • @Underappreciatedclassics

    @Underappreciatedclassics

    5 жыл бұрын

    SueBobChicVid rip Pontiac :\

  • @hertzair1186

    @hertzair1186

    4 жыл бұрын

    SueBobChicVid : and Studebaker could do the Firebird Trans Am...

  • @FREEZErus777
    @FREEZErus7778 жыл бұрын

    такая грустная машинка ((( такой у неё взгляд , покормить хочется...

  • @dannydaw59
    @dannydaw597 жыл бұрын

    I bet it had issues with engine cooling. I mean no front radiator vents.

  • @bobbrinkerhoff3592

    @bobbrinkerhoff3592

    2 жыл бұрын

    Look under the bumper .

  • @cpufreak101
    @cpufreak1016 жыл бұрын

    I just had to look up how long it actually went on for, I was surprised to find all production ceased in 2006... Reason why? the owner was arrested for running a Ponzi scheme :P and if curious, in the last 2 years of production, they were using Ford engines, a V6 and a V8, only one got sold with the V6 though.

  • @jacyborreaux919
    @jacyborreaux9193 жыл бұрын

    What an eyesore

  • @chrislemaster2695
    @chrislemaster26955 жыл бұрын

    I love the AVANTI II it had more thought put into to it than the cookie cutter designs of today.

  • @JustinTyme33
    @JustinTyme334 жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately my left ear headphone is broken and I’m in public so I can’t hear anything except the beginning commercials. I will have to watch it later.

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