A successful company in the 1920s and 1930s, Studebaker emerged out of WWII in good financial shape. But that didn't last long. The Ford-GM price war of the early 1950s sent many independent ...

9 Jul 2025, 19:12 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea // Introduced in 1962, the Gran Turismo Hawk was the final iteration of Studebaker's only personal luxury car series. It was discontinued in 1964. 17 Jan ...

Ron DeWinter has a long-time love affair with Studebakers. His eyes sparkle when he talks about the cars, the work and the history. It is pure emotion. “It is all I drove as a kid," he said. "My dad ...

Joseph Plumpe would not have his 1962 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk were it not for his wife, Beth. He explains it was about 20 years ago — when visiting some of her relatives in the small community of ...

Ask Richard Cheek of Fullerton how he came to own a 1962 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk, and he’ll tell you luck played a part. “I’d been kind of looking around for another vehicle,” says Cheek, a ...

SOUTH BEND — Every Studebaker owner has a story. A story of how they came to own their classic car, why they wanted the model of Studebaker they have and why they love the brand. At the St. Joseph ...

Q: Greg, I just found an article you did online on the Studebaker Golden Hawk from nearly 10 years ago. In that column I didn’t see anything about the straight-drive factory overdrive three-speed ...