* 1925 – Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Company for $ 146 million plus $ 50 million for charity.

On March 29, 1928, a radio show was broadcast from Pickford's bungalow, featuring Douglas Fairbanks, Charles Chaplin, Norma Talmadge, Gloria Swanson, John Barrymore, D. W. Griffith and Dolores del Rio, among others, to speak on the The Dodge Brothers Hour to prove they could meet the challenge of talking movies.

1915 Dodge Brothers Model 30-35 touring car.

This model from the new Dodge Brothers company won some renown for its durability because of its use in the Pershing expedition and the 1916 Patton fight.

On May 14, 1916, then-Lieutenant Patton with ten soldiers of the 6th Infantry Regiment and two civilian guides, employed three Dodge Brothers Model 30 touring cars, engaged the opposing forces.

Founded as the Dodge Brothers Company in 1900 to supply parts and assemblies for Detroit's growing auto industry, Dodge began making its own complete vehicles in 1915.

1915 Dodge Brothers Model 30-35 touring car

Dodge Brothers delivery trucks, Salt Lake City, 1920

After the founding of the Dodge Brothers Company by Horace and John Dodge in 1900, the Detroit-based company quickly found work producing precision engine and chassis components for the city ’ s burgeoning number of automobile firms.

As a result of this, and the brothers ' well-earned reputation for quality through the parts they made for other successful vehicles, Dodge Brothers cars were ranked at second place for U. S. sales as early as 1916.

Also in 1916, Dodge Brothers vehicles won acclaim for durability while in service with the U. S. Army's Pancho Villa Expedition into Mexico.

1927 Dodge Brothers Series 124 sedan

Dodge Brothers cars continued to rank second place in American sales in 1920.

With the loss of both founders, the Dodge Brothers Company passed into the hands of the brothers ' widows, who promoted long-time employee Frederick Haynes to the company presidency.

Dodge Brothers emerged as a leading builder of light trucks.

Stagnation in development was becoming apparent, however, and the public responded by dropping Dodge Brothers to fifth place in the industry by 1925.

That year, the Dodge Brothers company was sold by the widows to the well-known investment group Dillon, Read & Co. for no less than US $ 146 million ( at the time, the largest cash transaction in history ).

Dillon, Read & Co. offered non-voting stock on the market in the new Dodge Brothers, Inc., firm, and along with the sale of bonds was able to raise $ 160 million, reaping a $ 14 million ( net ) profit.

On October 1, 1925, Dodge Brothers, Inc., acquired a 51 % interest in Graham Brothers, Inc., for $ 13 million and the remaining 49 % on May 1, 1926.

The three Graham brothers, Robert, Joseph and Ray, assumed management positions in Dodge Brothers before departing early in 1927.

Despite all this, Dodge Brothers ’ sales had already dropped to seventh place in the industry by 1927, and Dillon, Read began looking for someone to take over the company on a more permanent basis.

With the Ram Trucks brand having been created by Chrysler in 2009 for the 2010 model year, Chrysler has since repositioned Dodge much like the former Plymouth brand, discontinued by DaimlerChrysler after the 1999 model year in Canada and the 2001 model year elsewhere.

Mabel was enthusiastic about Gertrude's sprawling publication The Makings of Americans and, at a time when Gertrude had much difficulty selling her writing to publishers, privately published 300 copies of Portrait of Mabel Dodge at Villa Curonia, a copy of which was valued at $ 25, 000 in 2007.

She also received much firsthand information about Dutch life from her immigrant Dutch neighbors, the Scharffs, and Dodge noted in her preface to the 1875 edition of the book that the story of Hans Brinker's father was " founded strictly upon fact ".

The admiral informs Dodge that he will not get a Los Angeles-class submarine as the two had previously discussed, but instead a Seawolf-class submarine, which is a newer and much larger craft, plus a " proper crew " along with it.

The wheelbase, at, was two inches longer than the Barracuda, and the Dodge differed substantially from the Plymouth in its outer sheetmetal, much as the Cougar differed from the shorter-wheelbase Ford Mustang.

His elder son Alex Dodge plays at outside centre and after much success in the Tigers Development XV, was promoted to the Leicester first team squad for the 2005 / 6 Guinness Premiership season, making 2 appearances from the bench.

This car also looked very much like the U. S. 1966 Dodge Dart, offering the same trims than the previous version.

The Duster was a success for Plymouth, so much so that in 1971 Dodge requested and received their own version, the Demon.

The Fifth Avenue also far outsold its Dodge Diplomat and Plymouth Gran Fury siblings, with a much greater proportion of sales going to private customers, despite its higher price tag.

After realizing that Ford's Talladega ( and its sister ship, the Mercury Spoiler II ) were much more effective as race cars, Dodge went back to the drawing board to create the Dodge Charger Daytona, which managed to win a total of 6 races during the 1969 and 1970 NASCAR seasons.

In order to transfer the land to GM for the construction of a new factory, the city condemned the homes of 4, 200 residents as well as numerous churches, schools, and businesses ( including the original Dodge assembly plant opened in 1914 by John and Horace Dodge for their then new 1915 Dodge Brothers car ; it was called " Dodge Main " and consumed much of the city block of property in the " Pole Town " area of Hamtramck ).

Interiors were somewhat more luxurious than the Dodge Charger SE and much more than the top-line standard intermediates ( Plymouth Fury, Dodge Coronet ) with a velour cloth notchback bench seat and folding armrest standard.

Like the Dakota, it has much in common with the large Dodge Ram pickup, including a fully boxed frame.

In addition to the usual changes in grille, lights, and interior, Dodge introduced its " TorsionQuiet " system of additional silencers and rubber vibration insulators, providing a much smoother ride and a quieter interior.

Up until the end of 1984, Miradas raced from time to time, but without much success, and ultimately lead to Dodge disappearing from NASCAR until 2001.

Developed in 2006 and first constructed in Fort Dodge, Iowa, the Metro-98 is much more compact than the traditional 120-seater commonly built through much of Culver's expansion.

The DOHC 24-Valve was used in the Mitsubishi 3000GT and Dodge Stealth producing and of torque in naturally aspirated form, and as much as and of torque in turbocharged form.

In the past, Thomas was previously dependent upon truck chassis made by other companies for its transit-style school bus bodies ( particularly Ford, Dodge, GMC, International Harvester and even Volvo ), much like the majority of other school bus manufacturers.

Dodge debuted the Road Runner's cousin, the Super Bee, as a mid-1968 offering after seeing Plymouth's success with the Road Runner, along with demands from Dodge dealers for their own low-priced muscle car as the Dodge Boys started the model year with the higher-priced Charger R / T and Coronet R / T-both of which were priced similar or higher than the Plymouth GTX.

With success of the aero-warrior NASCAR Dodge Charger Daytona against fastback Ford Torinos and Mercury Cyclones, Plymouth would get its own version of this winged wonder.

Trying to capture some of the success that their Dodge brothers had in 1969 with the Charger Daytona, Plymouth tried the same thing in 1970 with their creation, the Plymouth Superbird.

The success of the GP ( and Monte ) led to direct responses from Ford Motor Company the following year with a larger Mercury Cougar and Ford Elite, which were followed by Chrysler Corporation entries in 1975 including the Chrysler Cordoba and Dodge Charger SE.

The Cricket was discontinued midway through the 1973 model year, despite the gas crisis of 1973 seeing a sharp increase in demand for small cars and despite the fact that Dodge began to see real success with its similarly-sized Dodge Colt, built by Mitsubishi Motors.

The success of this model inspired Dodge to reintroduce the Challenger in 2008 and Chevrolet to reintroduce the Camaro for 2010, which unlike previous pony cars, were based off a full-size car architecture.

His younger son Ollie Dodge has had a little more success than his older sibling, representing Midlands U16's, North of England U16's and England U19's.

The replacement for the Simca 1100, the C2 project, became the ( Simca ) Talbot Horizon that won European Car of the Year 1978, and was a great success in the United States, where it sold as the Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon from 1978 to 1990.

The success of using the Chrysler nameplate strategy is contrasted to sales of its similar and somewhat cheaper corporate cousin, the Dodge Charger SE.

The Ram 100 model designation was dropped and these models folded back into the " 150 " range for 1990 due to the introduction and sales success of the Dodge Dakota pickup.

It was hoped that the Mirada would reopen the door to Dodge success in NASCAR racing, as the nameplate had not won a race since November 1977.

In the present day, a salvage crew — Captain Sean Murphy ( Gabriel Byrne ), Maureen Epps ( Julianna Margulies ), Greer ( Isaiah Washington ), Dodge ( Ron Eldard ), Munder ( Karl Urban ), and Santos ( Alex Dimitriades )— is celebrating a recent success at a bar, when Jack Ferriman ( Desmond Harrington ), a Canadian weather service pilot, approaches them and says he has spotted a mysterious vessel running adrift in the Bering Sea.

For 1956, the La Femme returned, with no less fanfare ; letters to dealers from Dodge ’ s marketing department called the La Femme a " stunning success ".

With Brooks success in Newton he was soon offered a position in Dodge City as town marshal where he was later involved in 15 gunfights during his first month.

The replacement for the 1100, the C2 project, would become the ( Simca ) Talbot Horizon, and would be a runaway success in the United States, where it sold as the Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon.

Part of the success of the Chrysler K-cars, the Dodge Aries and the Plymouth Reliant, was that by retaining front bench seating rather than adopting bucket seats usually fitted to compacts, they could still function as the six passenger cars they were designed to replace and compete against.