In 1961, Loewy was asked to create a sports car that would bring Studebaker back from ... design team responsible for the Avanti, John Ebstein. John worked for Raymond Loewy, helping design ...

That’s because Studebaker President Sherwood Egbert tasked designer Raymond Loewy to fashion a luxury ... canted panel that sported “Avanti” script, Italian for “forward.” ...