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From changing tastes to poor management to economic forces far beyond their control, many automakers have seen the lights turned out, gone forever except in the classics that remain and the memories we keep. Amazingly, as a lot of these companies were up against the ropes, they did their finest work. From the supercharged Duesenberg SJ to the Marmon Sixteen to the Hudson Hornet with Twin H-Power, we’ve seen famed car companies save the best for last. Studebaker managed the same feat with the Avanti.
Founded in the 1850s as a carriage maker that soon grew to the largest company of its kind in the world before turning to automobiles at the
