Doug Plattner Bio

For a time during the 1980s, Dodge also imported a line

of small pickups from Mitsubishi. Known as the D50 or
(later) the Ram 50, they were carried on as a stopgap
until the Dakota’s sales eventually made the imported
trucks irrelevant. (Ironically, Mitsubishi has more
recently purchased Dakota pickups from Dodge and
restyled them into their own Raider line for sale in
North America.)

Two extra main bolts were installed and the main

bearing journals were also increased to 3 inches (76
mm) to compensate for the higher stress that diesel
engines exert on their reciprocating parts. This engine
quickly gained a reputation for unreliability as a wave
of catastrophic engine failures followed, usually a lower
end component or head gasket, pointing to some
combination of inadequate design, substandard
metallurgy, and substandard machining.

Plattner Automotive Group Home :Dillon, Read & Co.

offered non-voting stock on the market in the new
Dodge Brothers, Inc., firm, and along with the sale of
bonds was able to raise $160 million, reaping a $14
million (net) profit. All voting stock was retained by
Dillon, Read. Frederick Haynes remained as company
head until E.G. Wilmer was named board chairman in
November, 1926. Wilmer was a banker with no auto
experience and Haynes remained as president. Changes
to the car, save for superficial things like trim levels and
colors, remained minimal until 1927, when the new
Senior six-cylinder line was introduced. The former
four-cylinder line was kept on, but renamed the Fast
Four line until it was dropped in favor of two lighter
six-cylinder models (the Standard Six and Victory Six)
for 1928.

Doug Plattner
Marketing
Dodge Quest Project Committee designed a bilingual
(English/Japanese) RPG game called Dodge Quest
where player plays a man named Coronet.
Logos
Star: The original Dodge was a circle, with two
interlocking triangles forming a six-pointed star in the
middle; an interlocked "DB" was at the center of the
star, and the words "Dodge Brothers Motor Vehicles"
encircled the outside edge. Although the "Brothers"
was dropped from the name for trucks in 1929 and cars
in 1930, the DB star remained in the cars until the 1939
models were introduced.
Ram: For 1932 Dodge cars adopted a leaping ram as the
car's hood ornament. Starting with the 1940 models the
leaping ram became more streamlined and by 1951 only
the head, complete with curving horns, remained. The
1954 model cars were the last to use the ram's head
before the rebirth in the 1980s. Dodge trucks adopted
the ram as the hood ornament for the 1940 model year
with the 1950 models as the last.
Crest: For 1941 Dodge introduced a crest, supposedly
the Dodge family crest. The design had four horizontal
bars broken in the middle by one vertical bar with an
"O" in the center. A knight's head appeared at the top
of the emblem. Although the head would be dropped for
1955, the emblem would survive through 1957 and
reappear on the 1976 Aspen. The crest would be used
through to 1981 on its second time around, being
replaced by the Pentastar for 1982. The knight's head
without the crest would be used for 1959.

Sport utility vehicles

Dodge’s first experiments with anything like a sport
utility vehicle were seen in the late 1950s with a
windowed version of their standard panel truck known
as the Town Wagon. These were built in the same style
through the mid-1960s.

Plattner Auto Group News :The year 1934 brought

about a revolution in assembly-line technology. Henry
F. Phillips introduced the Phillips screw and driver to
the market. He entered into talks with General Motors
and convinced the Cadillac group that his new screws
would speed assembly times and therefore increase
profits. Cadillac was the first automaker to use the
Phillips technology, which was widely adopted in 1940.
For the first time in many years all cars built by the
company shared the same basic engine and drivetrain
in 1941.

Plattner Auto Group Sales Management India

Chevrolet is among the newest brands in India
launched by GM's India operations. Until June 6, 2003
(the official birthday of Chevrolet), GM India (which
was originally a joint venture with Hindustan Motors)
sold the Opel Corsa, Opel Astra, and the Opel Vectra.
The Corsa and Astra were built at a plant in Halol,
Gujarat.

Doug Plattner Services Marketing

Dodge Quest Project Committee designed a bilingual
(English/Japanese) RPG game called Dodge Quest
where player plays a man named Coronet.
Logos
Star: The original Dodge was a circle, with two
interlocking triangles forming a six-pointed star in the
middle; an interlocked "DB" was at the center of the
star, and the words "Dodge Brothers Motor Vehicles"
encircled the outside edge. Although the "Brothers"
was dropped from the name for trucks in 1929 and cars
in 1930, the DB star remained in the cars until the 1939
models were introduced.
Ram: For 1932 Dodge cars adopted a leaping ram as the
car's hood ornament. Starting with the 1940 models the
leaping ram became more streamlined and by 1951 only
the head, complete with curving horns, remained. The
1954 model cars were the last to use the ram's head
before the rebirth in the 1980s. Dodge trucks adopted
the ram as the hood ornament for the 1940 model year
with the 1950 models as the last.
Crest: For 1941 Dodge introduced a crest, supposedly
the Dodge family crest. The design had four horizontal
bars broken in the middle by one vertical bar with an
"O" in the center. A knight's head appeared at the top
of the emblem. Although the head would be dropped for
1955, the emblem would survive through 1957 and
reappear on the 1976 Aspen. The crest would be used
through to 1981 on its second time around, being
replaced by the Pentastar for 1982. The knight's head
without the crest would be used for 1959.

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