Re: Packard Motor Company returns...sorta...

Ah, got it.

About the Avanti, the owners switched different chassis over the years 
as well as doing some cosmetic works that move Avanti further and 
further away from its originality. Even stretching the Avanti at a 
customer's request called LSC in 1980s. Then convertible. Then horrible 
four-door Avanti. The latest F-body Avanti was a final straw.

Think of Porsche 911 excellent example of evolution whilst retaining its 
original concept and design.

Oliver

Aardwolf wrote:
> Ennui Society wrote:
>
>
> > Does Bugatti Veynon 16.4 count as ugly "relaunched" marquee? It looked
> > pretty exotic.
> >
> > I think DaimlerChrysler doesn't do excellent job with Maybach marquee
> > which is none other than spiffy version of old S-Class chassis. Had they
> >  redone the car in its own design rather than borrowing from
> > Mercedes-Benz, I might change my thoughts.
> >
> > Pity about the redesigned Avanti on GM F-body chassis. They ought to
> > stick with original Studebaker Avanti with some updates proposed by
> > Raymond Loewy.
>
>
> I should have clarified that.  What I meant by "relaunched marque" was the idea that
> some outfit someplace would buy the name of a long-dead company, cobble together some
> half-assed homebuilt product using bits and pieces that were already available and sell
> it to rich poseurs with no sense of style simply because it's "exclusive".  Bugatti
> doesn't count, it was supposed to be exotic, and a competent product.  Maybach doesn't
> count either, it also is a serious product, actually built by an auto manufacturer.
> Avanti most certainly does count, it's just a Firebird chassis with a needlessly large
> pile of money sitting on it in vaguely Avanti-shaped form.  A refined and stylish
> luxury automobile?  You're driving a friggin' Trans Am!
>
> --Aardwolf.