page_title: Studebaker Commander
section_title: 1940s
hierarchical_section_title: Studebaker Commander / History / 1940s
caption_attribution_description: 1950 Studebaker Commander cnv Studebakers @ Old World Village, Huntington Beach
context_page_description: The Studebaker Commander is the model name of several automobiles produced by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana and Studebaker of Canada Ltd of Walkerville and, later, Hamilton, Ontario. Studebaker began using the Commander name in 1927 and continued to use it until 1964, with the exception of 1936 and 1959-63. The name was applied to various products in the company's line-up from year to year.
context_section_description: Immediately following World War II, Studebaker dropped its President models, and the Commander again was elevated in the lineup. Studebaker also again rolled out an extended wheelbase model of the Commander, the Land Cruiser.
  Raymond Loewy's highly distinctive shape for the 1947 Commander and Champion, spectacular on their Starlight coupe, led if it did not create a boom in America's trunk space.
caption: 1950 Commander convertible
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