* 2002: A street-driven Dodge Dakota pickup with a diesel engine built at Gale banks engineering hauls its own service trailer to the Bonneville Salt Flats and set an FIA land speed record as the world's fastest pickup truck with a one-way run of and a two-way average of.

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.

At the same time, Dodge also introduced its first V8 engine – the Red Ram Hemi, a smaller version of the original design of the famed Hemi.

In 1992, Dodge moved their performance orientation forward substantially with the Viper, which featured an aluminum V10 engine and composite sports roadster body.

Dodge introduced what they called the " Adult Toys " line to boost its truck sales in the late 1970s, starting off with the limited edition Lil ' Red Express pickup ( featuring, a 360 c. i. police interceptor engine and visible big rig-style exhaust stacks ).

In Brazil, Dodge cars were produced between 1969 and 1981 with the models Dart, Charger, Magnum, LeBaron ( all powered by the same 318 cid V8 engine ), and the compact 1800 / Polara, based on the British Hillman Avenger.

The Dodge A100 had a similar layout and could accommodate a V8 engine.

* The 1991 Dodge Spirit R / T with a version of the 2. 2 L K-car engine with a 16-valve DOHC head designed by Lotus with over.

Unusual ( for a FWD car ) in having a north-south engine mounting ( presumably to accommodate a future AWD version ), it shared several parts with the Renault 25, and spawned a rebadged version named Dodge Monaco ( 1990 – 1992 ); this platform was the building block for the 1993 LH cars ( Vision, Dodge Intrepid, etc.

Dodge was the first to develop a modern V10 engine, originally designing a version of its LA series small block for use in trucks.

* Dodge A853-intercooled turbo engine from the SRT-4, set the land speed record for 4-cylinder production cars at the Bonneville Salt Flats.

As of 2009, the Cummins B Series engine used in Dodge Ram pickup trucks displaced up to 6. 7 L

Dodge is planning a new " Challenger 392 " ( a conversion from its 6. 4 liter V8 engine ).

* The ISB Engine / Interact System B ; A variant of the Cummins B Series engine engine used in Dodge trucks.

Its attempt to give Dodge dealers a Corvette competitor in a rebodied Palm Beach with a Dodge Hemi engine ran into a late -' 50s US recession.

Richard Petty could not come to contractual terms with Dodge before the 1969 season, but when he saw the Daytona, he demanded that Plymouth make something similar, but they declined ( for the time being ).

This was a mild form of streamlining, which saw sales jump remarkably over the previous year ( even though Dodge as a whole still dropped to fifth place for the year after two years of holding down fourth ).

However, 2003 also saw the introduction of the Dodge Ram SRT-10, a performance model meant to rival Ford's successful V8 powered F-150 SVT Lightning.

" Dodge and his men saw action at the battles of Horseshoe Bend, Wisconsin Heights, and Bad Axe.

The Eagle Talon saw its production end in 1998 when Chrysler shut down the Eagle sub-brand, although the Dodge Avenger and Chrysler Sebring continued to be sold in variations that used the 420A engine and many of the 2G Eclipse / Talon interior components.

As a result, Dodge saw Dart sales drop by nearly 46 %, to 142, 000 units from 266, 700.

A Cummins B Series engine was also added to the engine lineup and for the first time, Dodge saw sales go up.

Dr. Washington Dodge says he saw John Jacob Astor and Butt standing near the bridge as the ship went down.

2003 saw him grab his second victory, at the Florida Dodge Dealers 250, in a memorable three-wide race to finish line at Daytona International Speedway.

Military historian Theodore Ayrault Dodge once famously called Hannibal the " father of strategy ", because his greatest enemy, Rome, came to adopt elements of his military tactics in its own strategic arsenal.

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.

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.

However, throughout the 1920s Dodge gradually lost its ranking as the third best-selling automobile manufacturer, slipping down to 7th in the U. S. market.

Chrysler was prolific in its production of war materiel from 1942 to 1945, and Dodge in particular was well known to both average citizens and thankful soldiers for their tough military-spec truck models and ambulances like the WC54.

Like almost every other automaker, Dodge sold lightly facelifted revisions of its 1942 design through the 1948 season.

With steadily upgraded styling and ever-stronger engines every year through 1960, Dodge found a ready market for its products as America discovered the joys of freeway travel.

In an effort to reach every segment of the market, Dodge even reached a hand across the Pacific to its partner, Mitsubishi Motors, and marketed their subcompact as the Colt to compete with the AMC Gremlin, Chevrolet Vega, and Ford Pinto.

Borrowing the recently introduced Chrysler Horizon from their European division, Dodge was able to get its new Omni subcompact on the market fairly quickly.

With this move, Dodge became DaimlerChrysler's low-price division as well as its performance division.

In Spring 2007, DaimlerChrysler reached an agreement with Cerberus Capital Management to dump its Chrysler Group subsidiary, of which the Dodge division was a part.

Over the years, Dodge has become at least as well known for its many truck models as for its prodigious passenger car output.

Ever since the beginning of its history in 1914, Dodge has offered light truck models.

Dodge was among the first to introduce car-like features to its trucks, adding the plush Adventurer package during the 1960s and offering sedan-like space in its Club Cab bodies of the 1970s.

Dodge had offered panel delivery models for many years since its founding, but their first purpose-built van model arrived for 1964 with the compact A Series.

Based on the Dodge Dart platform and using its proven six-cylinder or V8 engines, the A-series was a strong competitor for both its domestic rivals ( from Ford and Chevrolet / GMC ) and the diminutive Volkswagen Transporter line.

Dodge also offered a cargo version of its best-selling Caravan for many years, at first calling it the Mini Ram Van ( a name originally applied to short-wheelbase B-Series Ram Vans ) and later dubbing it the Caravan C / V ( for " Cargo Van ").