STUDEBAKER

Studebaker Corporation, or simply Studebaker, was a United States wagon and automobile manufacturer based in South Bend, Indiana. Originally, the company was a producer of wagons for farmers, miners and the military, founded in 1852 and incorporated in 1868[1] under the name of the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company. Studebaker entered the automotive business in 1902 with electric vehicles and in 1904 with gasoline vehicles, all sold under the name "Studebaker Automobile Company". It partnered with other builders of gasoline-powered vehicles"Garford and E-M-F"until 1911. The first gasoline cars to be fully manufactured by Studebaker were marketed in August 1912. Over the next 40 years, the company established an enviable reputation for quality and reliability. In 1954, after a dramatic and unexpected fall in sales, Studebaker merged with the Packard Motor Car Company until "Packard expired in fact in 1956, in fancy in 1958 and in name in 1962. Studebaker followed soon after". The company survived as an investment firm until 1967 when it merged with Worthington to become Studebaker-Worthington Corp.