Studebaker back in business, who would have thought............

[Chucks Stude]

Saw this article. Thought it might be of interest. Someone with deep pockets want to invest????

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/02/03/studebaker-motor-company-resuscitated-looking-for-investors/

[DEEPNHOCK]

This revival is bound to surpass ZDDP threads

[Skip Lackie]

Are you keeping score, Jeff?

[DEEPNHOCK]

Nahhhh.. But three years ago this same deal came around with 3 wheel Chinese scooters, and two years before that with a high school website project.
And each time it comes around we get four or five threads about it.
Good for conversations, I suppose....
As long as the name Studebaker has some nostalgic value that someone can try to exploit some money out of it...it will happen.
Personally, I won't help their effort by spreading the word for them....for free.
Jeff

Are you keeping score, Jeff?

[okc63avanti]

Nahhhh.. But three years ago this same deal came around with 3 wheel Chinese scooters, and two years before that with a high school website project.
And each time it comes around we get four or five threads about it.
Good for conversations, I suppose....
As long as the name Studebaker has some nostalgic value that someone can try to exploit some money out of it...it will happen.
Personally, I won't help their effort by spreading the word for them....for free.
Jeff

I read the article and Jeff is right its the same guy in Colorado that has been pushing the scooters, etc. now for several years. I bet he has the investors lined up at his door! ...... OK maybe not, more like he keeps looking out his window saying to himself, "any minute now".

[Bob Andrews]

I know there have been several threads started about this recently, but this is the first one I came across. Just wanted to add this article:

http://www.rodauthority.com/news/studebaker-motor-company-revived-looking-for-investors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=studebaker-motor-company-revived-looking-for-investors

Pull quote:

Flash forward almost 50 years, and a fellow named RW Reed now owns the rights to the Studebaker name.

[comatus]

I shrugged this off for several weeks, but the guy is getting a lot of press. Particularly, of all things, in South Bend. What up with that?
Not two nickels to rub together for a new original design, but enough assets to spread around to buy that kind of coverage...
Curious, and not in a nice way either. It's all the same presentation, no new news. This does, as my old boss used to say, "bear a lot of watching."