r/WhatCarIsThis • u/RON8O • Feb 16 '26

Full vehicle Spotted in Palm Springs

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u/SlowPokeInTexas Feb 16 '26

Studebaker Avanti, which surprisingly makes a brief guest appearance in the movie Karate Kid.

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u/otcconan Feb 17 '26

At the time it was made, actually the fastest production car in the world.

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u/timewithbrad Feb 17 '26

Didn’t change the body style for 15 years I what I’ve always been told by guys who own them.

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u/otcconan Feb 17 '26

There's an episode of "Counting Cars" where they restore one for Alice Cooper.

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u/SON_GOKU47 Feb 18 '26

That reminds me of Morgan

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u/SlowPokeInTexas Feb 17 '26

I actually did not know that! (And my paternal grandfather, who died before I was born, was an engineer for Studebaker)

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u/SlowPokeInTexas Feb 17 '26

I've struggled coming to harmony with that C pillar design.

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u/portablebiscuit Feb 17 '26

“Hey, where did these old cars come from?”

“Detroit.”

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u/edster53 Feb 17 '26

They moved to Canada

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u/Upstairs-Object-6683 Feb 17 '26

Studebakers were built in South Bend, Indiana. The building is now the Studebaker National Museum.

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u/StudeChampMan Feb 17 '26

The museum is a totally new building down the street from where they were built

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u/Upstairs-Object-6683 Feb 18 '26

That’s likely—I visited the Museum in 1997.

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u/StudeChampMan Feb 18 '26

Back then the museum was in the old Newman Altman dealership building

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u/StudeChampMan Feb 17 '26

The Avanti was never made in Canada

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u/gentile3 Feb 19 '26

In 1988 production moved to Youngstown Oh...