Studebaker President

The Studebaker President was the premier automobile of the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana, built from 1926 until 1942 and again from 1955 until the name was retired after the 1958 model year. The first President was unveiled on 23 July 1926 as model ES, and from 1928 it carried a smooth straight-eight engine that replaced the earlier six. Albert Russel Erskine, the company president, wanted it to be the finest car on the American road, and the eight-cylinder Presidents of 1928 to 1933 set stock car records and were considered rivals of Cadillac, Packard and Lincoln. Studebaker went into receivership in 1933 and 1934, and later Presidents were smaller. The Classic Car Club of America recognises the Presidents built from 1928 to 1933 as full classics. The final Packard cars of 1957 and 1958 used the fourth generation President platform.