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(More customer reviews)This DVD has a running time of about 45 minutes, and it is a transcription of the Automobiles episode that originally aired on History Channel in the early 2000s.
In the short time alloted, the disc does a pretty good job of setting up the storied history of the Studebaker Corporation that began with building wagons for pioneers moving to the western US and culminating with last gasp of the Avanti in the early 1960s. Amazingly, the Avanti lived on into the 21st century as a limited production car through a litany of fits and sarts. The disc does a balanced job of displaying the fascinating industrial design process that spawned the Avanti and why Studebaker felt it necessary. One wonders what might have been if Studebaker had not had to endure the financial missteps of Russel Erskine in the 1930s and sudden loss of its visionary leader Sherwood Egbert in the 1960s. Studebaker is the Charlie Brown of the US car companies, seemingly always getting its kite caught in the tree just when the wind is good. The Avanti story is the quintessential could've, would've, should've story and this disc does a nice job of answering some burning questions and asking others.
This disc is a must-have for your library if you are an Avanti owner.
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