About this Automobile

The Studebaker President was the premier automobile model manufactured by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana from 1926 until 1942. The nameplate was reintroduced in 1955 and used until the end of the 1958 model when the name was retired. The first automobile bearing the name President was unveiled on July 23, 1926, designated as the ES model in internal Studebaker memos.

Albert Russel Erskine, Studebaker’s president, spared no expense in his goal of making the President the finest automobile on the American road, with prices ranging from $1,985 to $2,485 ($35,222 to $44,094 in 2023 dollars).

Presidents produced from 1928-1933 established land speed records, some of which went unbroken for 35 years.  The President benefited from engineering improvements once the company took control of Pierce-Arrow in 1928.

Specifications:

Originally Powered – 354 cu in (5,800 cc) six-cylinder engine
January 1928 – smaller and smoother straight-eight engine of 312.5 cu in (5,121 cc)