Studebaker Commander

The Studebaker Commander was the mainstream car of the Studebaker Corporation, a name first used in 1927 and applied to different products in the line-up from year to year. It began as a continuation of the mid-range Special Six, and in 1928 it was a descendant of the Big Six with a 354 cubic inch engine. In October 1928 three stock Commander sixes took the 15,000 mile speed record at the Atlantic City Speedway from the Auburn Speedster, then ran on to 25,000 miles. The name was dropped in 1935, came back in 1937 for the model formerly called the Dictator, and sat above the Champion for the postwar years. A Commander also served as the base of the extended wheelbase Land Cruiser. The last Commanders were Lark-based cars of the mid 1960s, built until Studebaker stopped production in March 1966.