I saw a Studebaker. No, a NEW one.

[Thomas Veil]

Going to work yesterday, I'm following this stylish little silver crossover-type car, and I noticed the name on the back of it in bold, widely-spaced letters: S T U D E B A K E R. And I was, like, really?

Looked 'em up on Wiki, and they don't seem to mention any new production. The company has a web page that talks about concept cars and sounds like somebody's trying to stage a comeback, but even that site doesn't seem to be up to date.

Unfortunately, I was following the car all the way to work and then had to turn while the Studebaker went on. But from the little I could tell from the back, it was the size and shape of a PT Cruiser, only more angular. And yeah, it had the little Studebaker badge on the back.

 

[MacHamster68]

i only know about that thing here that was planned from Avanti Motors and Ford or GM not sure , but that is more in the leage of the Hummer

 

[ucfgrad93]

Going to work yesterday, I'm following this stylish little silver crossover-type car, and I noticed the name on the back of it in bold, widely-spaced letters: S T U D E B A K E R. And I was, like, really?

Looked 'em up on Wiki, and they don't seem to mention any new production. The company has a web page that talks about concept cars and sounds like somebody's trying to stage a comeback, but even that site doesn't seem to be up to date.

Unfortunately, I was following the car all the way to work and then had to turn while the Studebaker went on. But from the little I could tell from the back, it was the size and shape of a PT Cruiser, only more angular. And yeah, it had the little Studebaker badge on the back.

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This is definitely the work of the Illuminati.

 

[MacHamster68]

but i know there is a company somwhere in the USA that transform the Studebaker Express pickup from 1939 in a people carrier and that looks from the back like a edgy PT cruiser from the back

cant find anything about it but i've seen one in Germany at some custom motor show about 4 years ago
and its based on that studebaker express pickup , obviously from the B-pillar back its like a pt cruiser with edges but not as sharp as at the thing in my previous post , more rounded corners

there are quiet a few companies today around who take the old shapes of the 30's-50's and fit modern technology underneath

 

[Thomas Veil]

^ Take away the pickup part in the back, remove the downward slope in the rear fenders, and yeah, I can totally see that being the front end of the car I saw.

Thanks. I thought possibly I was seeing a hush-hush concept car. It's not impossible -- I'm in northern Ohio, and the company's in South Bend, Indiana. But your explanation is a lot more likely.

I gotta tell you, that car had a nice, unique look to it. If they went into general production, I'll bet they could sell quite a few of them.

 

[Surely]

Are you sure it wasn't just a Pepsi delivery truck.....on its side.....from three years ago?

 

[Macky-Mac]

Going to work yesterday, I'm following this stylish little silver crossover-type car, and I noticed the name on the back of it in bold, widely-spaced letters: S T U D E B A K E R. And I was, like, really?.....

here they are; S T U D E B A K E R

and one of their concept cars;

 

[steviem]

The designs on that page don't look very appealing. Like a Citroen with learning difficulties

 

[MacHamster68]

The designs on that page don't look very appealing. Like a Citroen with learning difficulties

i was thinking the same thing ..looks more like a Citroen mated with a BMW if i look at the boot shape

but thats the problem if American companies try to adapt European style on their cars ,
the other way round it becomes a design mess too
i remember the Ford Scorpio

looks not to bad at all from the back with american design elements
but round forms had been a trend in europe at the time so they mated that not even bad looking "american" style back with a european front

not many customers had fallen for that design mix ... so many in fact that the scorpio line was discontinued

 

[MacHamster68]

but back to Studebaker and its concept cars
....that one here called Lark

the front really seems to be inspired by a old Citroen
and sadly the most odd looking Citroen the AMI 8..not even citroen had the guts to make a retro version of it

ok retro is in , but please when retro then stick to the own brand design elements of the past and not use design elements from other manufacturers

i would not mind the comback of a car like the Studebaker Commander of 53

and someone has styled one to make it look modern