Dodge occurs as brand name of automobiles and weak- to thick-duty trucks, marketed by the Chrysler Corporation from 1928 to the present. Before 1928, a company was known as Dodge Brothers Motor Vehicle Company.

History

Inside 1901 John Francis Dodge and Horace Elgin Dodge moved their Dodge Brothers Bicycle & Machine Factory to Detroit, Michigan. Their bearings & more area were coveted by having a early car industry, and it helped project drive area for early Oldsmobiles.

Inside 1902 the Dodge Brothers were approached by Henry Ford, who was wanting to find aid inside financing his have motorcar company. Dodge Brothers helped finance a begin of the Ford Motor Company as well as manufacturing area for early Fords, to Ford & a Dodge Brothers reciprocal fiscal advantage.

Around 1914 a Dodge Brothers started their have car company, which it known as the Dodge Brothers Motor Vehicle Company. Early system experienced a bit of similarities to the Ford Model T, but using such refinements when electric car like than crank begin, when were becoming popular by having a bourgeoisie. the recently Dodge cars were a commercial profits.

Within 1917 Dodge Brothers began building motor trucks as well, at the start for utilise per United States Army during World War I, then commercially fallowing a war's prevent.

Inside 1925 the Dodge Brothers Company was purchased by Dillon, Read and Company for $146 million, said to be a big cash dealing within history as much as that instance. Dillon Read in turn sold Dodge to the Chrysler Corporation on July 31, 1928.

Below Chrysler's takeover of the British Rootes Group and Simca of France, and a consequent establishment of Chrysler Europe in the late 1960s, the Dodge brand was utilized in weak commercial vehicles previosuly branded Commer (a Rootes subsidiary) & in pick-higher & van versions of the Simca 1100. A usual one was a Dodge 50 series, widely used by utility corporations & a armed services, however seldom seen outside a UK. Below Chrysler Europe's collapse within 1977, a Dodge mill & a select few rights to apply the Dodge title inside Europe were purchased by Renault, who step by step re-branded a range of vans & trucks through the 1980s, eventually dropping a title altogether & using the mill for engine production.

Dodge is okay, section of the DaimlerChrysler company. As of 2005, the Dodge brand has turn into known primarily for its trucks, which account for 78% of the section's sales. Dodge is attempting to vary this by using a introduction of the freshly Dodge Charger.

United States model lineup
Dodge 400 (1982 - 1983) Dodge 600 (1983 - 1988) Dodge Aries (1981 - 1989) Dodge Aspen (1976 - 1980) Dodge Avenger (1995 - 2000) Dodge B100 Dodge B200 Dodge B300 Dodge Caliber (2006 - Current) Dodge Caravan (1984 - Current) Dodge Challenger (1970 - 1974, 1978 - 1983, 2nd generation was the rebadged Mitsubishi Galant) Dodge Charger (1966 - 1979, 1983 - 1987, 2006 - Current) Dodge Colt (1971 - 1994, rebadged Mitsubishi Mirage) Dodge Conquest (1983 - 1986, rebadged Mitsubishi Starion) Dodge Coronet (1955 - 1958, 1965 - 1976) Dodge D100 Dodge Dakota (1987 - Current) Dodge Dart (1960 - 1976) Dodge Daytona (1969, 1984 - 1993) Dodge Diplomat (1977 - 1989) Dodge Durango (1998 - Current) Dodge Dynasty (1988 - 1993) Dodge Grand Caravan (1987 - Current) Dodge Intrepid (1993 - 2004) Dodge Lancer (1961 - 1963, 1985 - 1989) Dodge Magnum (1978 - 1979, 2005 - Current) Dodge Mini Ram (1983 - 1990, commericial version of the Dodge Caravan) Dodge Mirada (1980 - 1983) Dodge Monaco (1965 - 1978, 1990 - 1992) Dodge Neon (1995 - 2005) Dodge Omni (1978 - 1990) Dodge Phoenix Dodge Polara Dodge Power Wagon (1945 - 1968) Dodge Raider (1987 - 1989, rebadged Mitsubishi Montero) Dodge Ram (1981 - Current) Dodge Ram 50 (1979 - 1993, rebadged Mitsubishi L200) Dodge Ram Van Dodge Ram Wagon Dodge Ramcharger (1974 - 1993) Dodge Rampage (1982 - 1984) Dodge Shadow (1987 - 1994) Dodge Sierra Dodge Spirit (1989 - 1995) Dodge Sprinter (2001 - Current, rebadged Mercedes-Benz Sprinter) Dodge SRT-4 (2003 - Current) Dodge St. Regis (1979 - 1981) Dodge Stealth (1991 - 1995, rebadged Mitsubishi 3000GT) Dodge Stratus (1995 - Current) Dodge Super Bee (1968 - 1971) Dodge Town Panel Dodge Town Wagon Dodge Van Dodge Viper (1992 - Current) Dodge W150 Dodge W200

T202 - 1/2 ton, 4x4 series truck (G-505) Dodge VC-1 Dodge VC-2 Dodge VC-3 Dodge VC-4 Dodge VC-5 Dodge VC-6

T203 - 1/2 ton, 4x4 series truck Dodge VF-401 Dodge VF-402 Dodge VF-403 Dodge VF-404 Dodge VF-405 Dodge VF-406 Dodge VF-407

T207 - 1/2 ton, 4x4 series truck (G-505) Dodge WC-1 Dodge WC-3 Dodge WC-4 Dodge WC-5 Dodge WC-6 Dodge WC-7 Dodge WC-8 Dodge WC-9 Dodge WC-10 Dodge WC-11

T211 - 1/2 ton, 4x4 series truck (G-505) Dodge WC-12 Dodge WC-13 Dodge WC-14 Dodge WC-15 Dodge WC-16 Dodge WC-17 Dodge WC-18 Dodge WC-19 Dodge WC-20

T214 - 3/4 ton, 4x4 series truck (G-502) Dodge WC-51 Dodge WC-52 Dodge WC-53 Dodge WC-54 Dodge WC-55 Dodge WC-56 Dodge WC-57 Dodge WC-58 Dodge WC-59 Dodge WC-60 Dodge WC-61 Dodge WC-64

T215 - 1/2 ton, 4x4 series truck (G-505) Dodge WC-21 Dodge WC-22 Dodge WC-23 Dodge WC-24 Dodge WC-25 Dodge WC-26 Dodge WC-27 Dodge WC-40 Dodge WC-41 Dodge WC-42 Dodge WC-43

T223 - One 1/2 ton, 6x6 series truck Dodge WC-62 Dodge WC-63

T236 - 3/4 ton, 4x4 series truck (American built) D3/4 APT

M-37 - 3/4 ton, 4x4 series truck (G-741) Dodge M-37 Dodge M-42 Dodge M-43 Dodge XM-711B1

T137 - One ton, 4x4 series truck Dodge M-601

M-880 - One 1/4 ton, 4x4 series truck Dodge M-880 Dodge M-881 Dodge M-882 Dodge M-883 Dodge M-884 Dodge M-885 Dodge M-886 Dodge M-888 Dodge M-890 4x2 variants: Dodge M-891 Dodge M-892 Dodge M-893

Conception Cars Dodge Tomahawk (Concept motorcycle)