The year 1952 was Studebaker’s 100th Anniversary, and the automaker had been planning an all-new design to celebrate, but ended up having some problems, so a new car would have to wait for 1953. For 1952, Studebaker had to do another facelift on its now 6-year-old design, with a low full-width grill hinting at 1953’s styling replacing the bullet nose of the 1949 to 1951 models. Otherwise, they were very similar to the previous years, with Champions powered by an 85-horsepower 169.6-cubic-inch inline 6-cylinder engine, while Commanders and the long-wheelbase Land Cruiser pictured here at the 2004 Clatskanie Heritage Days Car Show were powered by a 120-horsepower 262.6-cubic-inch V8 engine.
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