Imarike yemoto yaseMelika ihlukaniswe yindlela enamandla yokukhethwa kwendalo, ngenxa yezinto ezibuthathakayo ezakhayo ezipheliswayo, ezifuna ukulungiswa rhoqo kunye nokugcinwa okunzima komatshini. Imfuno yeemoto ezinjalo iyancipha kancane, ukuthengisa kuyawa kwaye ekugqibeleni umveliso uyayeka. Iingxaki ezininzi ezinxulumene nezidingo ezingapheliyo kunye neengxaki zobuchwepheshe zifumaneka kwi-Ford, Buick ne-Chevrolet. Kodwa kukho iinkampani ezininzi ze-automotive e-US ezingakaze zihlangabezane nobunzima bokungabikho kwemfuno. Ezi nkampani ziquka iDodge. Yaye nangona imbali yalo mvelisi izele zonke iintlobo zothutho lwezoqoqosho, kwaye kwizinto eziphathekayo kunye nezobuchwepheshe, nayo yonke into yayingabonakali, ukuveliswa kweemoto zeDodge kwakusoloko kuzinzile.
I nkampani inegama labazalwana bakaDodge, owamisela umveliso omncinci wezithuthi zomzimba kunye neengxenye zokuzigcina ngo-1900. Eli shishini laphumelela, kwaye emva kweminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu yomsebenzi ovelisayo abazalwana bathetha ukuvula i-workshop yabo yokuhlanganisa imoto. Nangona kunjalo, abazange bakwazi ukusebenza kwintsimi entsha, kuba ngo-1920 bobabini abazalwana bafa. Akuzange kwenzeke nabani na ukuba kwiminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe anesihlanu emva koko, imoto ephawulekayo yeDodge Stratus yayiza kubuthwa kwidibano ye-Dodge. Siyaphupha phambili ukuthintela ukuvela komzekelo wodwa we-20 wenkulungwane-ngasekupheleni kwe-20-Dodge Stratus, kwaye ke uqhubeke nenkqubela yokuphuhlisa inkampani uDodge. Ngoko ke, i-sedan e-sleek sedan phantsi kwegama likaDodge Stratus yenze uvakalelo lwangempela kwi-motor show eDetroit ngo-2002.
Kwaye ngoku ubuyele kwixesha elidlulileyo leDodge, elishiywe ngaphandle kwenkosi. Ngethuba leminyaka elinesibhozo, i-Dodge yabazalwana babenomkhuhlane. Imiba emininzi enxulumene nokubonelela, ukuhlanganiswa nokuthengiswa kweemveliso ezigqityiweyo ukuxazulula kungekho mntu. Kwaye, ekugqibeleni, uWalter Chrysler, umnini wekampani uChrysler, wanquma ukujongana nale meko. Emva kokunganiseki, wafumana yonke impahla ye-Dodge, kwaye yaba yinxalenye yeCrysler Corporation. Ngethuba lokusukela ngo-1930 ukuya ku-1942, i-Dodge yavelisa iinqwelo zokuhamba, kwaye ukususela entwasahlobo ka-1942 yatshintshela ekuveliseni i-jeeps eyingozi. Kuloluhlu lwemveliso lwaluhlu lweemoto ezimbini zempi ye-WC ne-WF. Imveliso ye-Dodge yemikhosi yayimfuneko kwi-USSR, kwaye i-jeep iDodge WC yonke i-wheel drive ihanjiswe ngobuninzi beNkqubo yokuHlawuleka. Ngelo xesha, inkampani yasungula ukuveliswa kweenjini ezinamandla, ezifakwe kwiinqwelo zeSoviet Yak-9.
Ngasekupheleni kwe-1945, ukuveliswa kweeeps kwakunqanyulwa, kwaye uDodge wabuyela kwimimoto yeemoto zangaphambili. Kwakungenakho ukuphucula amatsha kwanoma yimuphi umvelisi, kwaye abathengi babefanele bahlale kwiimoto ezindala, ngokuziphatha nangokwenyama. Ngowe-1960 kuphela, iDodge yavelisa imodeli emitsha ye-Challenger ne-Chargeer. Zombini iimoto zazingumdlalo onqabileyo, kwaye iimfuno zabo zagcinwa iminyaka elishumi. Ngokusekelwe kwi-Jeep Dodge WC, i-Dodge Power Wagon yaqulunqwa yaza yakhiwa, eyaba yikhokho yonqulo lonke. Ngokubanzi, i-Dodge ishishini yayingalunganga, de kube ngasekupheleni kwe-70-yeyona nkampani uChrysler ayifumananga neengxaki. I-corporation yayisongelwa ukuba ibhujiswe, kwaye ukuba kwakungenakuncedo kwi-state, iqumrhu liza kuthengiswa ngamatyala. Ngeli xesha uChrysler, kunye naye kunye noDodge, bakwazi ukugibela, kodwa kwakudingeka amaprojekthi amatsha, kwaye kwakungenakho ukuphuhliswa kwezinto ezintsha.
Kodwa ke wakwazi ukukhulula imoto emitsha emibini: i-Dodge Aries, i-beautiful sedan sedan, kunye neDodge Caravan. Imoto eyimpumelelo kakhulu iDodge Stratus yakhululwa ngo-2001. Imodeli yayingekho enye, yatshintshwa ngokukhawuleza, kwaye ukukhululwa kwe-serial kwaqhubeka kwiinguqulelo ezihlanu. I-Dodge Stratus Coupe yayinomdla kakhulu. I-Sedans yahluke ngowe-injini yamandla: 202, 154 ne-135 hp, kwaye iinqununu zineenjini ezinegunya le-202 ne-148 hp. Zonke iinjinjini zaziyi-carburetor. Omnye owayeqeshwe kule Stratus yesihlanu kwakukho enye imoto, eyenziwe ngo-1995. Eli qhinga laveliswa ngaphambi ko-2001. Kwiminyaka emibini kamva, iDodge Stratus 2003, owokugqibela weentsapho zaseStratums, weza kwinqanaba leqela.