page_title: DeSoto (automobile)
section_title: DeSoto trucks
hierarchical_section_title: DeSoto (automobile) / DeSoto trucks
caption_attribution_description: photo taken in turkey 1989 (T.S. thanks for the info)
context_page_description: DeSoto was an American automobile marque that was manufactured and marketed by the DeSoto division of Chrysler from 1928 to the 1961 model year. DeSoto was among other well-established automotive brands, such as Hudson, Nash and Packard, that met their demise in the late 1950s and disappeared from the marketplace by the early 1960s. More than two million DeSoto vehicles were built for markets in the United States and Canada.
context_section_description: Chrysler Corporation introduced the DeSoto brand of trucks in 1937 to provide a greater number of sales outlets overseas for the American-built Dodge and Fargo commercial vehicles. The DeSoto brand was badge-engineered sporadically on Dodge trucks made in Argentina (for the D-100 and the D-400 since 1960 to 1965), Australia, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
  Chrysler ended its truck operations in international markets in 1970. However, both the DeSoto and Fargo brands continued to be used on trucks made by Askam in Turkey. In 1978, Chrysler sold its share in the Askam venture to its Turkish partners.
caption: De Soto AS700 truck, Turkey, 1989
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