The 1980s: When Worse Was Better The Truth About Cars
Dodge is surely an American type of automobile manufactured by FCA US LLC (formerly generally known as Chrysler Group LLC), situated in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Dodge vehicles currently add the lower-priced badge variants of Chrysler-badged vehicles and also performance cars, though for high of its existence Dodge was Chrysler's mid-priced brand above Plymouth.Founded since the Dodge Brothers Company machine shop by brothers Horace Elgin Dodge and John Francis Dodge in early 1900s,[3] Dodge was originally a supplier of parts and assemblies for Detroit-based automakers and began building complete automobiles in the "Dodge Brothers" brand in 1914, predating the founding of Chrysler Corporation. The factory was situated in Hamtramck, Michigan, and was referred to as Dodge Main factory from 1910 until its closing in January 1980. The Dodge brothers both died in 1920, and also the company was sold by their own families to Dillon, Read & Co. in 1925 before being sold to Chry...