The DeSoto Firedome was a full-size automobile produced between 1952 and 1959 by DeSoto automobiles, a division of the Chrysler Corporation. Introduced as DeSoto's premium line of vehicles in 1953 and 1954, the Firedome also occupied the least expensive position in the model lineup during 1955 and 1956 model years before it was reclassified as a mid-range vehicle offered by DeSoto between 1957 and 1959.
The nameplate was borrowed from the marketing term used to offer Chrysler's Hemi V8 engine in a DeSoto product, offering the performance offered by the Chrysler brand but in the more affordable DeSoto brand. It was the second time an eight cylinder engine was offered as a DeSoto, after the DeSoto Eight Series CF with a straight-eight was discontinued in 1932.
The DeSoto product line only came in one, full size, platform which was shared with Chrysler, Dodge and Plymouth product lines and during this time, Chrysler didn't have separate platforms for different sized vehicles. Model names like Fireflite, Firesweep and Adventurer were used along with the Firedome and sometimes changed in hierarchy ranking based on price points, but the actual size of the vehicle remained consistent with other Chrysler products, with wheelbase dimensions changing as needed and different engine displacements while using Chrysler V8 engines.
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