Re: [FWDLK] A what?

[John Clines <clines@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The body parts and the models to an extent but never the names

They were two separate Divisions.

It would be like calling it a Dodge Plymouth

John

off his soap box now :)

 

1959 DeSoto FireFlite Sportsman

1966 Dodge Charger 440 on steroids

 

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Subject: Re: [FWDLK] A what?

Didn't they mix the cars that went to Canada 
and/or Australia  ( Dodge/DeSoto )

> Yeah what's with this folklore about "Dodge Desotos" ?  I 
>   have seen/heard
> guys[ who are old enough to have known them new] utter the 
>   phrase "Dodge
> Desoto."
>
> Did Chrysler not do a good enough marketing 
>   job to make the public
> understand that Desoto was a more upscale brand of 
>   its own?  Is it possible
> that this image [or lack thereof]  
>   contributed to the demise of the 
> brand?