It was a small step in the right direction and, in hindsight, the new model foreshadowed ... Just 3,834 were built in 1963, and another 809 in 1964, before Studebaker ceased production at its ...

but come 1963, Studebaker offered the Avanti as a supercharged model too, with a Paxton blower taking the output up to 280 horsepower. According to Hemmings, Only 1,552 Avanti R2 versions were ...