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About Dodge

A division of the American automobile company Chrysler, which produces pickups, passenger cars and SUVs. The company was founded by the brothers John and Horace Dodge in 1914. Initially, the company was engaged in the production of components and collaborated mainly with Ford factories. This collaboration allowed the company to adopt the standardization and stream assembly technology that is characteristic of Ford factories. A similar experience was useful to the start-up company Dodge and gave impetus to further development. Since 1928, the Dodge concern is part of the Chrysler. The company’s headquarters is located in the suburbs of Detroit, in Highland Park.

History of Dodge

In 1914, the brothers founded The Dodge brothers motor vehicle company and introduced their first car. It had a 3.5 liter engine with 40 horsepower and cost 785 dollars. That was much more than the T-Ford, but the Dodge was more modern than the T-Ford, which dates back to 1908. The car was successful and 45,000 units were already built in the first year.

The Dodge brand quickly gained a reputation for the reliability of its cars. That reliability also made the US army choose Dodge during the First World War. Dodge army trucks were also used by the French army. In 1918, the company received a cross of honor from France.

In 1920, 140,000 Dodges had already been produced and the brand had grown to become the second largest manufacturer in the United States, after Ford. In January of that year, John Dodge died of pneumonia, and in December, Horace Dodge died of flu and cirrhosis. Frederick Haynes took charge of the Dodge Brothers until both widows of the brothers, Anna and Matilda Dodge, sold it for $ 146 million to Dillon, Read & Company, which surpassed General Motors. It was the highest takeover amount in history at the time. On July 31, 1928, the company was resold to Chrysler for $ 175 million.

After Chrysler took over the British Rootes Group and the French Simca in 1967 and formed Chrysler Europe , the Dodge brand name was used in Europe for light commercial vehicles that had previously been called Commer and Karrier . The pick-up and van versions of the Simca 1100 were also called Dodge from then on.

Chrysler ran into serious financial difficulties in the 1970s. Chrysler Europe went down in 1977 and was sold to Peugeot in 1978 for a symbolic amount of $ 1. The factory was sold to Renault, which sold the Dodge trucks as Renaults and finally phased them out. The factory eventually became an engine factory. In 1998 Dodge, together with Chrysler, became owned by the German DaimlerChrysler, which it sold in 2007. Chrysler filed for bankruptcy in May 2009, but on June 10, the brand including Dodge entered into a partnership with Fiat.

Dodge models in the US

• Avenger
• Grand Caravan
• Challenger
• Charger
• Dart
• Durango
• Journey
• Ram