Named after Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto, the DeSoto company was established in 1928 by Walter P. Chrysler. Created to compete with Pontiac, Studebaker, Hudson, and Willys in the mid-price class, ...

Established in 1928 to compete with Pontiac, Studebaker, and Hudson in the mid-price class, DeSoto was terminated as a brand only 33 years later, in 1961. But before it went into the history books, ...

Matt Nelson is an automotive journalist with nearly a decade of experience in all things cars. He's spent years working at dealerships in sales, finance, and service. He's since traded in his pens and ...

Q.I recently bought a basket case DeSoto Hemi. According to the numbers on the block it's a 1956 and is 330 ci. After sorting through boxes of parts I've found everything but the distributor, the ...