Count the history of this brand can be carried out since 1750, when a member of the family Studebakers built its first American truck. However, the beginning of the automotive "career" of this mark is considered to John Mohler Studebaker (John Mohler Studebaker, 1833-1917), under whose leadership the company Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company first produced a horse-drawn carriages, and then the details for the chassis cars. By the way, to pronounce and write that name in Russian should Styudebeyker, but as a misspelling Studebaker historically rooted, reluctantly leave this gem-era cooks who ran the state. " By the end of XIX century there were self-propelled mechanical crews who have to compete with horse-drawn carts. In 1897 he developed the first car, and already in 1902 the company began producing self-propelled carriages with electric drive, which became a symbiosis with the products of another famous American inventor - the chassis was manufactured in the company of Edison, and the body is manufactured by Studebaker. Incidentally, the second released this car bought himself, Thomas Edison. However, in the early XX century is already becoming evident fact that the future - a car with a gasoline engine. As Studebaker had no experience of creating their own engines, the first car with a gasoline engine was produced in cooperation with the firm Garford and was named Studebaker-Garford. In 1904, the Studebaker Corporation releases the first car with a two-cylinder internal-combustion engine capacity of 16 liters. with., and in 1905 - the car has a four-cylinder engine. Despite the production of cars, the company until 1922 did not forget about the production of carts for horse-drawn carriages. In 1910, the Company and the Studebaker Everit-Metzger-Flanders create a joint venture Studebaker Corporation, which produces EMF 1930, Flanders 1920, Studebaker-Garford 40. By 1912 they were replaced by models with 4 - (Series AA and SA) and 6-cylinder engines (Series E) under the brand name Studebaker. You can say it with them and begins a successful band for the company. Studebaker AA had an engine capacity of 35 liters. with. and cost from 850 to 1200 dollars. It was the most inexpensive car in the U.S. at that time. Moreover, this series of AA has become the first U.S. models sold in Europe, where they received recognition for its reliability. In just two years (1912 and 1913) were produced 10,000 cars. In 1914-1915, new model, SC and SD value, respectively, 1050 and 985 dollars. SD model was fitted with engine capacity of 30 liters. with. and in great demand in the New and Old World - one only in 1915 sales amounted to 33 000 SD cars. In 1920, the company minimizes its production of horse carts and entirely focused on cars. At that time, Studebaker cars produces a series of Six (Light Six, Special Six and Big Six), equipped with a 6-cylinder engine capacity from 3.4 to 5.8 liters. In 1928, designer Barney Rouse (Barney Roos) creates an 8-cylinder engine, the company updates the product range and offer the market vehicles under new names. The flagship of the company's 8-liter engine bore the proud name of President. It's like no one else at that time corresponded to its name, was great with a beautiful finish. Smaller cars with a 6-liter engine called the Dictator and Commander. Since 1929, they were sold with an 8-cylinder engine. Slightly earlier, in 1927, was launched on a small, relatively inexpensive and efficient car Erskine. Affairs of the company were excellent, but at this moment in the U.S. broke the Great Depression. Sales started slowly, but steadily dropping. Resist depression of the company failed, and in 1932, Studebaker had lost most of its assets. A change of leadership. The new leadership has made a bet on cheap models that better meet the needs of the time. Was temporarily removed from production car President, and the model number of Studebaker, two new low-cost machines with a 6-cylinder engine. In the period from 1935 to 1938, the company builds momentum, at the same time, the new designer of the company, Raymond Levy (Raymond Loewy), develops designs for the new car Champion with the new 6-cylinder engine - a relatively small but very vending customers. The car has significantly increased sales volume, and in 1939 this value reached 100 thousand copies. During the Second World War, Studebaker trucks produces type US6. It was they who provided the popularity of this brand in our country. During the war the Soviet Union had supplied more than 150 thousand cars Studebaker. They were reliable and durable machines, mostly with the three major axes. By the way, the chassis is the installation of these cars were placed salvo of Katyusha. In addition, the engine Hercules, established in US6, was the improved version of the engine, on the basis of which before the war was going to truck ZIS-5. Therefore, the Hercules, in addition, was well known to many of our drivers. Subsequently, many of the technical ideas of this truck was laid in the construction of the ZIS-151. After the war, the company introduced new models of cars Champion, Commander and Land Cruiser. In 1949, sales totaled 200,000, and in 1950 - 268 thousand cars. In 1953 Loewy Coupe production begins with the color of the "metallic" and quite a nice silhouette, but the popularity they have gained. In 1954, Studebaker buys Packard, in crisis, hoping to expand the market. Packard Company specialized in the production of expensive, luxury cars, while Studebaker increasingly focus on affordable prices. But from 1954 to 1958, co-production could not make a profit, and Packard had been sold. In 1956 he had developed a series of family sports cars "Hawk with an unusual body. Total was released three versions: Power Hawk, Sky Hawk and Golden Hawk. In 1959, all of them replaced a powerful 8-cylinder Silver Hawk and a small sedan Lark, who was the most popular model year. But then vigilant competitors drove the car from the market. In 1962 the Studebaker Avanti sports car creates a body of fiberglass and engine V8, which developed a maximum speed of 250 km / h. This car, although it was designed quite well and showed some speed records, has not become a market leader - has prevented quite a high price in 5000 dollars. However, things the company went from bad to worse, and 17 March 1966 was collected last Studebaker.
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