Studebaker Silver Hawk

The Studebaker Silver Hawk was a pillared coupe built by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana, in 1957, 1958 and 1959. It was the plainer member of the Hawk family that began in 1956 with the Golden Hawk, Sky Hawk, Power Hawk and Flight Hawk, all based on the 1953 coupe body designed by Robert Bourke for Raymond Loewy Associates. The Silver Hawk replaced the Power Hawk and Flight Hawk, with less chrome, no supercharger or hood bulge and simpler two-tone paint, and the Champion 185 cubic inch engine was standard. For 1959 it became the only Hawk and was kept as a showroom draw beside the new Lark, selling 7,788 cars that year, and it was built under licence in Belgium for European markets. The Hawk was replaced for 1962 by the restyled Gran Turismo Hawk.