DeSoto Custom

DeSoto Custom sedan 4 doors (1949 )

The DeSoto Custom was a car, the Chrysler manufactured under the car brand DeSoto in the model years 1946 to 1952. At this time the custom was the series with the best equipment that was available with many different setups, even on a chassis with a longer wheelbase than Suburban sedan.

The custom was, just as the simple furnished deluxe, from a Chrysler six-cylinder mi 3808 cc displacement and lateral side valves driven, the 109 bhp (80 kW) at 3600 rpm. made.

The Custom models of the Model 1946, 1947, 1948 and 1949 ( first half) had the prewar bodies of DeSoto. In the second half of the model year 1949, a completely newly designed car appeared.

In 1950, one out the first wagon. Also, the series was first DeSoto hardtop that looked almost like a convertible without the B-pillars.

The Custom DeSoto lost its status as the top model with the introduction of the Fire Dome V8 engine in 1952 In 1953, the DeSoto Custom and run the Deluxe. ; the DeSoto Powermaster was then six-cylinder model series.