Complex sentence: Because of Studebaker's poor financial shape, the underpinnings of the car remained very similar to previous Hawks; for that matter, there wasn't much difference, chassis-wise, between a'62 Hawk and a' 53 Starliner/Starlight.
Split into simpler sentences: Because of Studebaker's poor financial shape, the underpinnings of the car remained very similar to previous Hawks. For that matter, there wasn't much difference, chassis-wise, between a'62 Hawk and a' 53 Starliner/Starlight.