DeSoto

1928-1961DeSoto Logo

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DeSoto Logo Meaning

The DeSoto logo featured a stylized image of the explorer.

The marque was named after the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto, who led the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States (Florida, Georgia and Alabama) and was the first documented European to have crossed the Mississippi River.

Brand Overview

Founded: 1928

Founder: Walter Chrysler

Headquarters: Highland Park, Michigan

Defunct: 1961

DeSoto (sometimes De Soto) was an American automobile marque that was manufactured and marketed by the DeSoto division of Chrysler from 1928 to the 1961 model year. More than two million passenger cars and trucks bore the DeSoto brand in North American markets during its existence.

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