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23/05/2026 11:19 pm
'57 DeSoto or Oldsmobile?
Be sure to make your selection.
Of course, please “Reply” to share your comments.
If selection is greater than 2 rank them.
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John Bono
North Jersey
24/05/2026 2:01 am
The Old’s is magnificent, I’ve never really have never warmed up to DeSotos!
24/05/2026 3:26 am
Two really beautiful automobiles ! Exner and Earl were really hitting them out of the park with such stunners.
24/05/2026 3:47 am
De Soto in De Second, no contest for me.
Steve
24/05/2026 6:18 am
Oh NUTS! My head hurts from oscillating back and forth. I truly LOVE the DeSoto's wheels. But I am enamored with the Olds' single headlights. Like the big '57 DeSoto fins but like the Olds' color combo.
Nuts - TIE!
24/05/2026 6:21 am
I never liked the heavy grill and bumper on the 1957 Desoto especially on the 1/43 western models. The Olds gets my vote today. I like the lines on the one in this photo despite the pudgy face grill.
24/05/2026 7:45 am
DeSoto for me. I do not like the big cars from GM in the late fifties.
24/05/2026 8:01 am
Tony nailed it for me today.😊
24/05/2026 9:03 am
Not too keen on the Oldsmobile. Looks overweight, but I love the DeSoto, grill, tail and all.
24/05/2026 9:05 am
I love the '57 Olds and Buick styling and never really warmed up to this era of Chryco.
24/05/2026 10:09 am
Tough choice but DeSoto.
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
24/05/2026 10:10 am
Oldsmobile. To me it is perfect in everyway. Not a fan of the fins.
Steve Jacobs and John Bono reacted
24/05/2026 10:25 am
Like them both, a tie today. If the DeSoto was the single headlight it would have been my choice today.
This post was modified 4 months ago by Brush
24/05/2026 10:27 am
I am a fan of the Forward Look so would tend to go with the De Soto, although the Olds in the pic does look quite pretty.
Looking forward a year to the 58's, the De Soto was tarted-up and looked a bit untidy compared to the '57, but when you look at what they did to the Olds for '58 it makes most folks want to weep.
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
24/05/2026 11:49 am
Speaking of 1958, yesterday I learned there was a French market DeSoto; front clip DeSoto, rear clip Plymouth. This was news to me.
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
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