Hooniverse Asks: What’s your favorite wagon?

TL;DR The Scotsman was a low option Champion, and outsold the Champion, and begat the Lark, which served as the nose of the Champ; and Studebaker went out of business because no lower level could be attained.

Oh, my friend, know ye not the frugality of post WW2 Studebaker products? Did ye not see the Studebaker Champ I posted not a week ago in answer to a “Hooniverse Asks:…”? Let me yield the floor to the first 4 paragraphs of the Wikipedia page on the Champ, whilst I research what abandoned Packard and Nash products went into the Scotsman Wagon.

The Champ:
“Designed at a time when Studebaker’s truck line had not seen major upgrading in over 10 years, the company, which had endured years of declining sales, was forced to use a number of existing components.

The chassis and cargo box of the Champ were basically the same as what had been used for Studebaker’s ½ and ¾-ton trucks since 1949, but the cab section was very different.

An entirely new cab was out of the question because of cost considerations, but the new Lark compact car’s body proved to be just the right size and shape to suit the purpose. The engineering staff took a four-door sedan, cut it in half behind the front doors and modified the front half slightly to fit the truck chassis. The only new sheetmetal stamping that was required was the back wall of the new cab. Minor modifications for mounting of the cab to the 1949-vintage truck frame were also made.

The Lark’s front end sheetmetal was retained as well, but funds were allocated to give the Champ a new horizontal-bar grille that delivered a “tougher” look.” -Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studebaker_Champ

(Research ensues)
The Scotsman Wagon was just a stripped down Champion Wagon, so the sheet metal was already there. Dealers were instructed to not option the Scotsman too much, for fear that a customer might get a Champion in Scotsman clothing. (Maybe call it a Braveheart?)

As it turns out, the Lark from which the Champ was cobbled together was a direct result of the Scotsman’s success, which ties these threads together quite smart, I think?

“The Scotsman, which got off to a great start for ’57, continued its success in 1958, outselling the Champion, Commander and President lines combined. The Scotsman proved that Studebaker need not attempt to follow the styling trends of the rest of the industry. Building on the Scotsman’s clean-lined look, Studebaker engineers and designers quickly and cheaply created a new compact car for 1959, the Lark, not as austere as the Scotsman, but able to seat six adults in a package markedly different from its competitors at the time.”