A more-extensive restyle for 1942 introduced “Airfoil” hidden headlamps that were “out of sight, except at night.” Though not an industry first (the 1936-37 Cord 810/812 had something similar), they were Detroit’s only hidden lamps that year, and imparted a cleaner look. Cleaner production is a preventive, company-specific environmental protection initiative. Thanks to the Airstreams, production rebounded to 26,800, yet DeSoto dropped to 13th in the wake of Packard’s highly successful new medium-priced One Twenty. DeSoto went on to build its most-exciting cars in the ’50s, only to die in late 1960 after a flash recession and sibling rivalry obliterated its narrow, well-defined price niche. Much of this success was owed to a heavy facelift that made for good-looking cars with lower hoods and bolder fronts. In between, DeSoto did good and sometimes great business as the medium-price “bridge” between Dodge and Chrysler, with design and engineering that usually owed more to the latter than the former.

Prosperity seemed endless in 1928 when the fast-rising new Chrysler Corporation purchased Dodge and issued its first DeSoto and Plymouth. The 1930-33 DeSotos reflected general Chrysler Corporation trends. Even so, DeSoto history generally parallels Chrysler’s with one key exception: While Chrysler offered a group of conventionally styled Sixes for 1934, DeSoto relied exclusively on that year’s radical new Airflow. Even though your laminate wood floors may look as good as hardwood floors, that doesn’t mean you should clean them the same way. Add the optional carpet shampooing attachment and it has even more uses. Identified outside only by small nameplates and inside by luxurious leather and Bedford cloth trim, it sold for about $75 more than the regular Town Sedan. Protect your windows with one or more good locks, an alarm system, burglar-resistant glass, or many small panes instead of one large area of glass. The more information you can gather from those who have used it, the better.

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And the convenience of being able to get the work you want done, carried out whenever you need it. DeSoto Division rode out the last half of the ’30s with increasingly larger and duller cars. Both rode the same orthodox chassis with standard 119-inch wheelbase. Standard-chassis models lost an inch in wheelbase but measured 5.5 inches longer overall than the ’40s; they were lower and wider, too. Dumpy appearance would remain one of the make’s sales handicaps until well after World War II.5 inches standard, 139.5 extended. DeSoto returned to civilian sales with an abbreviated 1946 line, though drivetrain and chassis combinations were the same as ’42. DeSoto wooed buyers with numerous extras including underseat heater, pushbutton radio, and streamlined fender skirts. Though good times soon turned to “hard times,” DeSoto would be one of the few pre-Depression “expansion” makes to survive them. It’s one reason you might want to explore a few eco-friendly cleaning options. The third approach – air cleaning – is not generally regarded as sufficient in itself, but is sometimes used to supplement source control and ventilation. The Earth shakes, and the air trembles with a monstrous explosion. Shark models are not usually as sleek and stylish as Dyson’s, and they’re often heavier too, but they do come with useful technology such as the ability to stop hair getting tangled around the brush and flexible wands to ensure you can clean in hard to reach places.