DESOTO for 1959

The '59 DESOTO was a warmed over version of a two-year old body style, and yet it was well.  Eyebrows over the headlamps were added, a pleasing grille arrangement with a massive bumper separated between a top bar and bottom bar.  The rear deck lid had a smoother appearance with the license now placed in the recesses of the bumper.  

The lowest priced model was the FIRESWEEP SEDAN on a 122-inch wheelbase.  It used a 295 horsepoweer engine as its standard V-8.  It sold for $3,498 and weighed 3,670 pounds.  Production of the FIRESWEEP SEDAN resulted in 5,871 cars. 

For convertible lovers, DESOTO offered the ADVENTURER CONVERTIBLE with a swivel front seat for easy in and out access.  It weighed 4,120 pounds.  Two-tone color schemes were worn on the car well.  

If you wanted the "in between" model, there was the FIREDOME SPORTSMAN HARDTOP COUPE which you could impress your friends with for only $3,945 on Chrysler Corporations easy payment plan.  

And if you wanted to spend just a little more to impress those that watched you drive by, you could opt for the DESOTO FIREFLITE COUPE.  It looked almost the same as the FIREDOME except for the chrome rocker molding and the medallion mounted next to the gas filler door.  It was yours for only $4,208.  

DESOTO offered air suspension for the first time on all its vehicles in 1959.  Overall, a total of 18 models were available, but sales (as in the previous year) did not increase and rumblings were beginning of uncertainty of the brands future.  A total of 41,423 DESOTO'S rolled off the assembly line in 1959.