Overview
DeSoto
DeSoto was an American automobile brand that was manufactured and marketed by the DeSoto division of Chrysler Corporation from 1928 to the 1961 model year. More than two million passenger cars and trucks bore the DeSoto brand in North American markets during its existence.
The De Soto Motor Car Company was formed in Auburn, Indiana, in November 1912, by L. M. Field, Hayes Fry and Glenn Fry of Iowa City, Iowa, and V. H. Van Sickle and H. J. Clark of Des Moines, Iowa. It was a subsidiary of the Zimmerman Manufacturing Company of Auburn, which had been founded in 1886 as a manufacturer of horse buggies. It entered automobile production in 1908 with a line of high wheel automobiles and from 1912 to 1916 with light high wheel trucks, but switched to conventional cars and trucks around the time it was bought by the Auburn Automobile Company. Advertisements listed the 1910 Zimmerman Z-35 at $650 to $1,500....
Models list
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Custom
4-Door Sedan, 4-Door Sedan (Second Series), 7-Passenger, 8-Passenger (Second Series), Brougham, Club Coupe, Club Coupe (Second Series), Convertible Club Coupe, Convertible Coupe (Second Series), II 4-Door Sedan, II 8-Passenger, II Club Coupe, II Convertible Coupe, II Sportsman Coupe, II Suburban, Sportsman Coupe (Second Series), Station Wagon (Second Series), Suburban (Second Series)
Firedome
All-Steel Station Wagon (facelift 1953), All-Steel Station Wagon (facelift 1954), Club Coupe (facelift 1953), Club Coupe (facelift 1954), Convertible (facelift 1953), Convertible Coupe (facelift 1954), Eight-Passenger (facelift 1953), Eight-Passenger (facelift 1954), Four-Door Sedan (facelift 1953), Four-Door Sedan (facelift 1954), Four-Door Seville, I Club Coupe, I Convertible, I Eight-Passenger, I Four-Door Sedan, I Sportsman Coupe, I Station Wagon, II Convertible, II Convertible (facelift 1956), II Four-Door Sedan, II Four-Door Sedan (facelift 1956), II Four-Door Sportsman (facelift 1956), II Special Coupe, II Sportsman, II Station Wagon, II Station Wagon (facelift 1956), II Two-Door Sportsman (facelift 1956), III Convertible, III Convertible (facelift 1958), III Convertible (facelift 1959), III Four-Door Sedan, III Four-Door Sedan (facelift 1958), III Four-Door Sedan (facelift 1959), III Four-Door Sportsman, III Four-Door Sportsman (facelift 1958), III Four-Door Sportsman (facelift 1959), III Two-Door Sportsman, III Two-Door Sportsman (facelift 1958), III Two-Door Sportsman (facelift 1959), Sportsman Coupe (facelift 1953), Sportsman Coupe (facelift 1954), Two-Door Seville
Fireflite
Four-Door HardTop, I Convertible, I Four-Door Sedan, I Sportsman, I Station Wagon, I Station Wagon (facelift 1958), I Station Wagon (facelift 1959), II Convertible, II Four-Door Sedan, II Four-Door Sportsman, II Two-Door Sportsman, III Convertible, III Convertible (facelift 1958), III Convertible (facelift 1959), III Four-Door Sedan, III Four-Door Sedan (facelift 1958), III Four-Door Sedan (facelift 1959), III Four-Door Sportsman, III Four-Door Sportsman (facelift 1958), III Four-Door Sportsman (facelift 1959), III Two-Door Sportsman, III Two-Door Sportsman (facelift 1958), III Two-Door Sportsman (facelift 1959), IV Four-Door Sedan, Two-Door HardTop
Firesweep
I 2-Door Sportsman, I 2-Door Sportsman (facelift 1958), I 2-Door Sportsman (facelift 1959), I 4-Door Sedan, I 4-Door Sedan (facelift 1958), I 4-Door Sedan (facelift 1959), I 4-Door Sportsman, I 4-Door Sportsman (facelift 1958), I 4-Door Sportsman (facelift 1959), I Convertible, I Convertible (facelift 1959), I Station Wagon, I Station Wagon (facelift 1958), I Station Wagon (facelift 1959)
