Dodge Brothers Motor Vehicle Company | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-02-08

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00:02:23 1 History
00:02:31 1.1 Founding and early years
00:06:42 1.2 Death of the Dodge brothers, Sale to Chrysler
00:09:36 1.3 Pre-war years
00:12:39 1.4 World War II
00:14:04 1.5 Post-war years
00:19:33 1.6 Times of crisis
00:21:56 1.7 K-Cars and minivans
00:24:10 2 The modern era
00:24:19 2.1 DaimlerChrysler &amp; private ownership
00:26:02 2.2 Fiat ownership
00:28:27 3 Dodge trucks
00:29:23 3.1 Pickups and medium to heavy trucks
00:33:55 3.2 Vans
00:36:02 3.3 Sport utility vehicles
00:38:08 3.4 High performance vehicles
00:40:01 4 International markets
00:40:11 4.1 Argentina
00:41:47 4.2 Asia
00:42:13 4.3 Australia
00:43:36 4.4 Brazil
00:44:34 4.5 Canada
00:45:41 4.6 Europe
00:48:06 4.7 Mexico
00:48:54 5 Logos
00:53:25 5.1 Dodge logo evolution
00:53:34 6 Slogans
00:54:49 7 List of Dodge automobiles
00:54:59 7.1 Current models
00:55:09 7.2 Past models
00:55:18 8 See also
00:55:27 9 Footnotes
00:55:36 10 Reference notes
00:55:46 11 General references
00:57:15 12 External links



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Dodge is an American brand of automobile manufactured by FCA US LLC (formerly known as Chrysler Group LLC), based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Dodge vehicles currently include performance cars, though for much of its existence Dodge was Chrysler's mid-priced brand above Plymouth.
Founded as the Dodge Brothers Company machine shop by brothers Horace Elgin Dodge and John Francis Dodge in the early 1900s, Dodge was originally a supplier of parts and assemblies for Detroit-based automakers and began building complete automobiles under the "Dodge Brothers" brand in 1914, predating the founding of Chrysler Corporation. The factory was located in Hamtramck, Michigan, and was called the Dodge Main factory from 1910 until its closing in January 1980. The Dodge brothers both died in 1920, and the company was sold by their families to Dillon, Read & Co. in 1925 before being sold to Chrysler in 1928. Dodge vehicles mainly consisted of trucks and full-sized passenger cars through the 1970s, though it made memorable compact cars (such as the 1963–76 Dart) and midsize cars (such as the "B-Body" Coronet and Charger from 1962–79).
The 1973 oil crisis and its subsequent impact on the American automobile industry led Chrysler to develop the K platform of compact to midsize cars for the 1981 model year. The K platform and its derivatives are credited with reviving Chrysler's business in the 1980s; one such derivative became the Dodge Caravan.
The Dodge brand has withstood the multiple ownership changes at Chrysler from 1998 to 2009, including its short-lived merger with Daimler-Benz AG from 1998 to 2007, its subsequent sale to Cerberus Capital Management, its 2009 bailout by the United States government, and its subsequent Chapter 11 bankruptcy and acquisition by Fiat.
In 2011, Dodge, Ram, and Dodge's Viper were separated. Dodge said that the Dodge Viper would be an SRT product and Ram will be a manufacturer. In 2014, SRT was merged back into Dodge. Later that year, Chrysler Group was renamed FCA US LLC, corresponding with the merger of Fiat S.p.A. and Chrysler Group into the single corporate structure of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.