DeSoto Powermaster

The DeSoto Powermaster was an automobile, the Chrysler offered under the car brand DeSoto in the model years 1953 and 1954. The car was unveiled at DeSoto company's 25th anniversary and replaced both the entry level and the better-equipped Deluxe Custom.

The Powermaster was a great car that it as 2 - and 4 -door sedan was and as a 5- door station wagon. Were driven vehicles by Chrysler's in-line six -cylinder engine with 4038 cc capacity. In two years of production and an 8- seater sedan with folding seats was offered. The PowerMaster there was also on a longer chassis with a 3543 mm wheelbase, in contrast to the normal 6- seater sedan with 3188 mm wheelbase. A version with long chassis was used as the basis for the DeSoto taxi, which can be seen in many Hollywood films of the late 1930s to the mid -1950s.

The car also had a curved windshield that replaced the two-piece plate of earlier models. Room heater, electric clock, power brakes, power steering and whitewall tires were at extra charge.

Because the Korean War had the Powermaster, which originated at the beginning of the model year 1953, minimal chrome trim; as the restrictions were lifted in the procurement of materials, there were better facilities.

The Canadian Chrysler - works built the PowerMaster as a 4- door sedan and 2- door hardtop coupe, which was not sold in the U.S.. In Canada and Chrysler six-cylinder with 4263 cc and vertical valves came into use, which first appeared in 1952 in the Chrysler Windsor.

The Powermaster was the end of the model year 1954 adjusted as DeSoto Ground surrounded all models to V8 engines.

Source

Gunnell, John ( Editor): The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975, Kraus Publications ( 1987), ISBN 0-87341-096-3

Vehicle of the upper middle class
Car model
DeSoto
Limousine
Station wagon
Coupe

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