The 1957 DeSoto Adventurer arrived as a glamorous, high-powered flagship that could run with the quickest American cars of its era. Yet within a few short years, the brand that built it was gone, and ...

Established in 1925, the Chrysler Corporation expanded rapidly. By the end of the decade, it purchased Dodge and Fargo Trucks and established two new divisions, Plymouth and DeSoto. Created to compete ...

Established in 1928 to compete with Pontiac, Studebaker, and Hudson in the mid-price class, DeSoto was terminated as a brand only 33 years later, in 1961. But before it went into the history books, ...