DESOTO


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The brand DeSoto is born in 1928 at the same time as Plymouth. It carries the name of a Spanish explorer, discoverer of Mississipi in 1541. Maybe the name with Spanish origins was chosen to easy the exportation in South and Central America. But one should keep in mind its position in the Chrysler group between Chrysler and Dodge. Note as well the originality of the 1942 models (proposed during few months), the lights are retractable, actuated from the dashboard.
The DeSoto cars were always a slightly modified Chryslers by the worry of economy. Sometimes some elements from Dodge were token. The brand was used to export the vehicles which were actually rebadged Plymouth, with a decoration and the front resembling to DeSotos. It's the case of cars which can be found in Europe. The brand makes expenses of settling the sale in 1958, and it will be continued until 1961 in the resemblance more and more marked by Chrysler.


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