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was founded by John and Horace Dodge in 1914 as the Dodge Brothers Car Company.
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was often second or third-place in production in the early 1920's.
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was purchased by Walter P. Chrysler in 1928.
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was the Chrysler Corp. mid-tier division, and truck manufacturer.
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was the only stand-alone Chrysler division in the 1970's (Chrysler-Plymouth was one division).
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1948
D26 Custom
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1950
Wayfarer
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1956
La Femme
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1959
Coronet
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1961
Lancer
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1966
Charger
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1966 Monaco
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1967
Polara
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1968 Dart
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1972 Charger
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1975 Dart
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1987 Shadow Shelby CSX
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1988 Daytona Shelby Z
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2005 Viper
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Dodge started out as an engine supplier to Ford Motor Company before the Dodge brothers decided to build their own car in 1914. In 1928, Chrysler Motors purchased the much larger Dodge Brothers Car Company and became Chrysler Corporation, quickly creating the Plymouth and DeSoto divisions to fill out the field.
Dodge became the performance division of Chrysler Corp. in the mid 1960's,and in the late 1970's eclipsed Plymouth as the most popular Chrysler division.
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Did You Know?
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- Dodge did not have a version of the Airflow (Only Chrysler and DeSoto did).
- Dodge's famous Ram hood ornament first appeared in 1932.
- Dodge introduced the Red Ram hemi V-8 in 1953.
- Dodge made 505 1969 Charger Daytonas to qualify as a production car for
NASCAR.
- Dodge introduced the Viper, the
first true Chryslers Corp. sports car, as a 1992 model.
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