[Dealer Film] 1955 Desoto vs Pontiac... Sleek vs Squary???

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I will have to declare the Desoto the winner in 55... Pontiac in 56 would catch up a little.
Bigger, faster... almost not a fair fight as the Pontiac is a mid lower tier as the Desoto is a mid-upper tier...
But toss in the Hemi, the new look... Desoto had a very high reputation in 56-56... Chrysler would turn it into a badge only brand very quickly by 1960... Almost as highly regarded as Chrysler... I would say the Desoto had a higher reputation than even Buick and Oldsmobile in these years... Just a notch below Cadillac/Imperial and Chrysler. The price reflected this as it was certainly not a low-priced vehicle.
This was a great sales video though as Roy Ross was really hitting stride in 55... I'm sure the Chrysler management loved seeing this one in 54...

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@ClassicChrome86 8 месяцев назад

Love watching these comparison videos from back then. I still like both.

@kennethanway7979 8 месяцев назад

I love these videos! Takes me back to a simpler, better time! 😀👍

@autochronicles8667 8 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoy it!

@peloi111 8 месяцев назад

I love the change in voice tone from these era's comparisons, not biased at all! :D

@kennethanway7979 8 месяцев назад

It might be the real voice from the record?

@autochronicles8667 8 месяцев назад

This is all original audio.. It has been colorized.

@TheDejael 8 месяцев назад

Very cool! This shows DeSoto's Exner excellence of design. I like the Pontiac too, both are great cars, but 1955 DeSoto was the first of the Forward Look! I have had and driven both.

@danielulz1640 8 месяцев назад

I wish that I could go down to my local De Soto Plymouth dealership and order a brand new 1955 De Soto Coronado.

@davidpowell3347 8 месяцев назад

Quite a few 1955 cars gave you a lot more for a lot less $ compared to today's-- but safety was atrociously lacking

@autochronicles8667 8 месяцев назад

the 55 Desoto was no slouch...

@jamesbosworth4191 8 месяцев назад

@@davidpowell3347 Safety doesn't require uglyness, doesn't require dinkyness, doesn't require a rough ride.

@allenwayne2033 8 месяцев назад

@@jamesbosworth4191not to mention hard, uncomfortable seats!

@kennethanway7979 8 месяцев назад

Good frame construction!

@autochronicles8667 8 месяцев назад

the best!

@davidpowell3347 8 месяцев назад

Not sure if Pontiac still had the X brace center frame section that was in the 1950 model and also the perimeter sections-- if so probably superior to that of the DeSoto -- a couple years or so later some of the GM cars,I think Pontiac included and definitely Chevrolet,would delete the essential perimeter sections !! (while keeping the X center -- shame! but meanwhile I think DeSoto went to "unibody"

@jamesbosworth4191 8 месяцев назад

@@davidpowell3347 Cadillac was the first to do that in 57, followed by Chevrolet in 58. Buick didn't follow until 61. Pontiac, not sure. All ChryCo makes went Unibody for 1960, except for Imperials.

@UQRXD 8 месяцев назад

The transmission was a 2 speed dog. But they made up for it later with the TorqueFlite, later.

@jamesbosworth4191 8 месяцев назад

Always did like DeSoto. Ok, it wasn't as prestigious as a Chrysler, and was a little cheaper, but it was better looking. I would love to have a 55 Pontiac today, but back in the day, I always thought 49 - 57 Pontiacs were too "generic GM", except for the 54 Star Chief.

@robertwbingo 8 месяцев назад

The '54 Star Chief was an awesome-looking car. I have a 2-door Custom Catalina. I've owned it since June of '81, and it still looks good in my garage.

@jamesbosworth4191 8 месяцев назад

@@robertwbingo You don't drive it? These cars are perfectly capable of being driven as you would a new car. No need to be scared of them.

@robertwbingo 8 месяцев назад

Oh, sorry. Yes, I do; every weekend. I live in Texas, and the weather is perfect for old cars, here.@@jamesbosworth4191

@tomservo56954 8 месяцев назад

Yeah, it's got a Hemi...

@davidpowell3347 8 месяцев назад

A real point of superiority but then that horrible 2 speed transmissions and the outright lying about Pontiac's automatic --

@autochronicles8667 8 месяцев назад

No one bought those 2 speeds when that beautiful 3 speed was only a few bucks more... Rarely did you find a car with the super cheap 2 speed, especially not someone who could afford the Desoto. They did have that "country" selector but I know most just leave it in country. But he is correct you don't need that in the Desoto...

@chrisjeffries2322 8 месяцев назад

Betty Grable 💋and Harry Jamies 🎺sent me to this sight!

@autochronicles8667 8 месяцев назад

Welcome, I think you will like it!

@RafaelRodri66 5 месяцев назад

No entiendo inglés, pero por lo que ví, me compro un De Soto. Ahh, pero ya no quedan 0Km. de 1955, estamos en 2024. Slu2 🇺🇾

@LearnAboutFlow 8 месяцев назад

"God bless you, honey, for making another major purchase without consulting your wife" Seriously, these were good looking cars although some of the competitive advantages were really stretching it. I know gas was cheap, but it is still surprising the Pontiac recommended premium.

@jonathanmorrisey5771 7 месяцев назад

"Well.....looks like we have another major purchase without spousal authorisation." How To Tell If A Southern Woman Is Mad At You

@AtomicReverend 8 месяцев назад

Apparently Pontiac with it's boring design won the sales war since Desoto would be gone in 1962. Virgil Exner was an amazing designer the Desoto looks so much more sleek.

@autochronicles8667 8 месяцев назад

well GM won all the sales wars pretty much... They were the most popular brands... Ford threatened and supposedly won in 57 for cars.

@kennethanway7979 8 месяцев назад

Just subscribed!

@autochronicles8667 8 месяцев назад

thanks!

@mikedrown2721 8 месяцев назад

All U.S. cars in 1955 were nice

@autochronicles8667 8 месяцев назад

Yeah the big 3 competition was in full swing in 55...

@AtomicReverend 8 месяцев назад

Not just the big three but Studebaker, Willys and Nash also had great cars and even Packard did. Hard to believe almost all of them would be gone by 1960ish

@automatedelectronics6062 8 месяцев назад

Ha-ha. Would work on a jukebox? Jukebox styling of the 1950's started mimicking car styling.

@user-xj5ve9tj7r 8 месяцев назад

Tom Kennedy is the one doing the voiceover for this video

@autochronicles8667 8 месяцев назад

I have a 40's film about how these films were made... I may have to find that one but I think it was silent. It showed how each film strip was processed and all the work was by hand of course by a army of women.

@Paramount531 8 месяцев назад

Well yeah, but Ricky Ricardo chose a Pontic to drive Lucy, Fred and Ethel to Hollywood, so there's that.........

@allenwayne2033 8 месяцев назад

Ha! I thought of that too!

@whatsamattayu3257 8 месяцев назад

I thought Pontiac offered the car to the show for advertising reasons.

@carlmontney7916 8 месяцев назад

Hmm, 2 in longer where inches count. Right between the..... That certainly seems like something my wife would have said.

@autochronicles8667 8 месяцев назад

They always found a way to slip these comments in :)

@Greatdome99 8 месяцев назад

Remember when cars had pronounceable names instead of today's "computer password" names?

@autochronicles8667 8 месяцев назад

They phone in the design and the naming... X7... R5... X1... CT5, CT7...

@davidpowell3347 8 месяцев назад

Once again,that hideous and dangerous "flight control" lever!

@autochronicles8667 8 месяцев назад

The driver with the steering wheel in the way was probably okay, it would be quickly replaced with push buttons in 56 though... It would make a comeback though! Todays cars are all Chrysler... the flight stick... and now push buttons are back!

@kennethanway7979 8 месяцев назад

To be fair, they're both stodgy, but I'm a Mopar fan!

@autochronicles8667 8 месяцев назад

But the Desoto is the better looking car I think.

@frankgiaquinto1571 8 месяцев назад

Both were pretty good cars in 1955- They both looked better as 2 Dr hardtops or convertibles. I personally prefer the the Pontiac, but I like them both..

@davidpowell3347 8 месяцев назад

Most of those stodgy cars were more comfortable in the back seat for taking a nap in than much of anything you can find today short of a motorhome,RV or conversion van (do they still make those?)

@fubarmodelyard1392 4 месяца назад

What does he see, a beautiful blonde? No, something better. A beautiful car

@larrynason8716 8 месяцев назад

My 1955 Desoto had a pushbutton transmission shift selector on the left side of the dash.

@autochronicles8667 8 месяцев назад

I think you are thinking of a 56. Unless someone swapped a 56 shifter into a 55.

@larrynason8716 8 месяцев назад

You may be correct, it's been a LONG time. And I am no spring chicken myself. I still have my 54 DeSoto, and that is in fact a 1954.

@jamesbosworth4191 8 месяцев назад

That was a 56, unless it was a modified 55. I once saw a 54 Dodge with the dash-mounted shifter on a used car lot, a previous owner's "upgrade".

@jamesbosworth4191 8 месяцев назад

@@larrynason8716 Those were also really nice cars.

@T-41 8 месяцев назад

Enjoyable to hear the suggested sales pitch in these training film strips. Virgil Exner had his first opportunity to create a really stylish design for the 1955 model year , and he made the most of it .They are very pretty cars.