Originally, the Avanti was a sports coupe manufactured by the Studebaker corporation. It was available to the public between 1962 and 1963. The Avanti employed radically new sporty styling that retains appeal even in the models produced today.

For years the Studebaker nameplate had been out of circulation, but recently, the Avanti Motor Company brought the Studebaker name with a brand new look and style. The 2007 Avanti Studebaker XUV takes the traditional excellence of Studebaker and adds to it new technology.