# Drive a DeSoto before you decide! **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [June 25, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drive-a-desoto-before-you-decide/184867 "2022-06-25T21:03:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drive-a-desoto-before-you-decide/184867/1 "2022-06-25T21:03:31Z")
I have always thought that the DeSotos of the mid-Fifties were the best-looking Chrysler products of that era. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/7/0/7078756d9fb885b6bb561d717b091262ca9a44c9.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drive-a-desoto-before-you-decide/184867/2 "2022-06-25T21:16:52Z")
Agree especially the 59. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drive-a-desoto-before-you-decide/184867/3 "2022-06-25T21:21:11Z")
My Uncle had a '58 DeSoto 4-door hardtop. Blue & white. Really nice-looking car. He took us for a ride on the NJ Turnpike, and proceeded to demonstrate that he could steer the car with a thread (torn from his cuff, and tied to the top of the wheel). Yes, that’s how ultra-low effort the power steering was on Chrysler products of that era. All I could think of was… _What if that thread breaks while we are traveling at 60 mph?_ 🫤 ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drive-a-desoto-before-you-decide/184867/4 "2022-06-25T21:33:29Z")
They are,.and the '57 was the best looking DeSoto. And remember, tell 'em Groucho sent you! ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drive-a-desoto-before-you-decide/184867/5 "2022-06-25T22:13:38Z")
No dispute as far as Chrysler, although I liked the Newport too, but what mid-50’s car of all USA makes was the best looking? I’d nominate the Ford Thunderbird. > **[1957 FORD THUNDERBIRD 'E' CONVERTIBLE - - Barrett-Jackson Auction Company -...](https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1957-FORD-THUNDERBIRD-E-CONVERTIBLE-183757)** > > Sold\* at Palm Beach 2015 - Lot #391 1957 FORD THUNDERBIRD 'E' CONVERTIBLE ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drive-a-desoto-before-you-decide/184867/6 "2022-06-25T22:17:30Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > I’d nominate the Ford Thunderbird. My nominee is the '56-'57 Continental Mark II. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/e/d/ed00dca4f59260206c7d1944876849762b243d2e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drive-a-desoto-before-you-decide/184867/7 "2022-06-25T22:18:28Z")
Finding golf courses to drive it on in a chore … lol … ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drive-a-desoto-before-you-decide/184867/8 "2022-06-25T22:20:16Z")
Or the 57 or 58 eldorado brougham ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drive-a-desoto-before-you-decide/184867/9 "2022-06-26T01:56:52Z")
My bil had a 58 and it was a great car. Smooth and fast. Had to watch the rust though. ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 3:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drive-a-desoto-before-you-decide/184867/10 "2022-06-26T03:34:01Z")
I had a 56 Fireflight that I loved, a great car for a big guy, Same wheelbase and room as a ChryslerNew yorker but the hemi in the mid size block Desoto was 330 cubic inches, rather than the large block Chrysler hemi at 354 cubes. The Desoto was lighter ant the tires were 7.60 x15 rather than the 8.20s of the New Yorker. The performance results were quite similar. there were some cars quicker off the line, but there were no many that could touch them on the open road. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drive-a-desoto-before-you-decide/184867/11 "2022-06-26T05:35:52Z")
Chrysler vehicles of that period have been criticized for quality and rust by Car Talk members, now we should appreciate those vehicles? I drove a Chrysler 300 from that era for 6 months and made my discission, I drive only Chrysler products. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drive-a-desoto-before-you-decide/184867/12 "2022-06-26T11:06:21Z")
I liked the styling of the 57-61 Mopars, 1960 Desoto would be my favorite. Loved the canted fins and tail light treatment. 57-59 would prefer a Dodge, liked how Dodge used the chrome trim in creating two tone vehicles. I like fins! The folks looking for cars that are easy to get in and out of, find a Mopar with the optional swivel seats. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/f/4/f456cad96656523d965d2912bad930b099643987.jpeg)