Poll: Which '58? (10/11/2025)

This is one of those on the one hand and on the other hand ones.   I voted a tie. The Desoto was a nice car that just had the bad reputation of being too close to Chrysler In style.  But the Pontiac was styled so nicely and I like the colors that Pontiac picked for this year.  A pharmacist down the road from us had a nice one.

I like the DeSoto a bit more than this specific year of Pontiac. Adventurer for the win. 

DeSoto by a whisker. Its styling is more cohesive.

I love the "Which Ones?" that are easy!  PONTIAC by a country mile for me!  General Motors had both Chrysler Corp. and Ford Motor Co. slaughtered in the styling department for '58.  That Pontiac was a Juke Box of beauty on wheels compared to the odd looking bumper to bumper DeSoto.  

You guys already know my answer, but I do love both.😊💯

DeSoto, please John. Both are nice but DeSoto stands out more to me.

Bonneville unquestionably. The one year only Bonnevilles and Impalas body styles are favorites of mine while the DeSoto was just another variation of fins. Pontiac.

Pontiac for the very easy win today.  IMHO it is beautifully styled and trimmed; just a gorgeous car.  I love the '55-'56 DeSotos but not so much the '57-'58.

What’s a DeSoto?

Posted by: @georgeschire

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I love the "Which Ones?" that are easy!  PONTIAC by a country mile for me!  General Motors had both Chrysler Corp. and Ford Motor Co. slaughtered in the styling department for '58.  That Pontiac was a Juke Box of bea uty on wheels compared to the odd looking bumper to bumper DeSoto.  

The total opposite of George's opinion. '58 & '59 GM styling leaves me quite cold [exceptions '58 Caddy & '59 Pontiac], '58 FoMoCo does not impress me, '58 CC are alright. '54 - '57 were the best styling years for the big 3 in the '50's. '58 & '59 were not as good, but Chrysler Corp styling was better than the other 2.

'56 best year of the '50's for Ford Motor Co., '57 best year for GMC of the '50's, CC didn't have a good year for styling across the corporation, each division had a different year for it's best styling. 

DeSoto please.

@kevins Well Kevin...it depends if you're a car guy or a history buff.  Mind you I guess you could be both; in which case here ya go.......

The first DeSoto car was built in 1928. Walter Chrysler launched the brand to compete in the mid-priced car market, and the first DeSotos were sold starting in August 1928. 

Hernando De Soto is famous in Latin American history as the Spanish conquistador who joined Francisco Pizarro in the conquest of the Inca Empire, but he is also a critical player in American history as the first European to discover the Mississippi River.

I was being a smartass Jack. I’ve been a car guy since birth, but have never figured out why there was ‘DeSoto’? Come to think of it, in over my span of over 72 years I can’t say that I’ve ever even seen one in person. (See, I like history too.) It seems to me that Chrysler was making  car lines that totally overlapped each other instead of just concentrating on making Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth better cars. Come to think of it, I could barely tell the difference between a Dodge and a Plymouth. I’m sure MoPar fans surely can, but I really didn’t pay much attention to the brand until the mid sixties, the muscle car era.

Posted by: @kevins

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I was being a smartass Jack. I’ve been a car guy since birth, but have never figured out why there was ‘DeSoto’? Come to think of it, in over my span of over 72 years I can’t say that I’ve ever even seen one in person. (See, I like history too.) It seems to me that Chrysler was making  car lines that totally overlapped each other instead of just concentrating on making Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth better cars. Come to think of it, I could barely tell the difference between a Dodge and a Plymouth. I’m sure MoPar fans surely can, but I really didn’t pay much attention to the brand until the mid sixties, the muscle car era.

Chevy - Ford - Plymouth

Pontiac - Edsel - Dodge

Oldsmobile - Mercury - DeSoto

Buick - Lincoln - Chrysler

Cadillac - Continental - Imperial

To be or not to be!