• After an unsuccessful 1954 merger with Packard (the Studebaker-Packard Corporation) and failure to solve chronic postwar cashflow problems, the 'Studebaker...
  • The origins of the Studebaker Corporation date back to 1852, when brothers Henry and Clement Studebaker opened a blacksmith shop in South Bend, Indiana .
  • At the same time Studebaker had made an agreement to sell the new EMF (Everitt-Metzger-Flanders) car through their extensive dealer network.
  • 1911 In 1911, the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company combined with Everitt-Metzger-Flanders Company of Detroit to form the Studebaker Corporation.
  • Following a disastrous sales year in 1956, Nance resigned and Studebaker-Packard entered a management agreement with the Curtiss-Wright Corporation.
  • The Studebaker Corporation holds significant historical importance in the American automotive and manufacturing industries.
  • In 1911, Studebaker Brothers bought out Everitt-Metzger-Flanders Company of Detroit, Michigan. This is when the Studebaker Corporation was formed.
  • 1925 was simply incredibly successful for the company. It was then that a record number of cars for the Studebaker Corporation was sold - over 107 thousand.
  • Acquired in 1954 by Packard Motors Company of Detroit, Michigan, Studebaker was a division of the Studebaker Packard Corporation from 1954 to 1962.