Still Waiting For a Savior: Before GM Left, Avanti Sold an Ohio Town an Impossible Dream
by Vince Guerrieri on Jalopnik, shared by Samer Kalaf from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#4AKA6)
When the first Avanti finished in Youngstown, Ohio, rolled off the line on Sept. 30, 1987, it was touted as a rebirth for both a once-revolutionary car and for a region ravaged by the closure of its steel mills.