Msika wamagalimoto ku America umasiyanitsidwa ndi njira zamphamvu zosankhidwa zakuthambo, chifukwa choti zofooketsazo zimatha, zomwe zimafuna kukonzanso kawirikawiri ndi makina osungirako makina. Kufunika kwa magalimoto amenewa kumachepetsedwa pang'onopang'ono, malonda akugwera ndipo pamapeto pake ntchitoyo imasiya. Mavuto ambiri okhudzana ndi zofuna zosayembekezereka ndi mavuto aumisiri amapezeka ku Ford, Buick ndi Chevrolet. Koma pali makampani angapo ogalimoto ku US omwe sanakumanepo ndi mavuto akugwa. Makampaniwa akuphatikizapo Dodge. Ndipo ngakhale mbiriyakale ya opangaziyi ili yodzaza ndi mitundu yonse ya zovuta zachuma, ndipo pazinthu zakuthupi ndi zamakono kutsogolo, nayenso, chirichonse sichinali chosalala, kupanga magalimoto a Dodge kunali kolimba nthawizonse.
Kampaniyi imakhala ndi abale a Dodge, omwe adayambitsa kagulu kakang'ono ka zigawo zamagalimoto ndi zipangizo zopanda ntchito mu 1900. Ntchitoyi inapambana, ndipo patapita zaka khumi ndi zisanu za ntchito yobala zipatso abale adasankha kutsegula msonkhano wawo wokonzekera magalimoto. Komabe, iwo sankatha kugwira ntchito m'munda watsopano, popeza abale onse anamwalira mu 1920. Palibe amene adakhalapo kuti zaka makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu zisanu pambuyo pake, galimoto yotchuka ya Dodge Stratus idzaphatikizidwa pa msonkhano wa Dodge. Timapitabe patsogolo kuti tikhudze njira yodziwika bwino ya kumapeto kwa zaka za zana la 20 - Dodge Stratus, ndiyeno pitirizani kuwerengera kwa Dodge kampaniyo. Choncho, magnificent sleek sedan pansi pa dzina la Dodge Stratus inachititsa chidwi kwambiri pa sitima yapamtunda ku Detroit mu 2002.
Ndipo tsopano kubwerera ku mbiri yakale ya Dodge, yomwe inasiyidwa popanda mbuye. Pa zaka zisanu ndi zitatu zapitazo, bizinesi ya abale a Dodge inali ndi malungo. Nkhani zambiri zokhudzana ndi kupezeka, kusonkhana ndi kugulitsa katundu wotsirizidwa kuthetsa panalibe. Ndipo, potsiriza, Walter Chrysler, mwiniwake wa kampani Chrysler, adaganiza zothetsa vutoli. Atadandaula kwambiri, adapeza chuma chonse cha Dodge, ndipo chinakhala gawo la Chrysler Corporation. Kuyambira 1930 mpaka 1942, Dodge anapanga magalimoto oyendetsa galimoto, ndipo kuyambira mu April 1942 anasintha kuti apange mapepala olemera omwe amatha kutsogolo. Muzinthu zowerengeka munali magulu awiri a magalimoto ankhondo WC ndi WF. Zida zankhondo za Dodge zinali zofunika ku USSR, ndipo jeep Dodge WC yoyendetsa magalimoto yonse inkaperekedwa mowonjezereka mwa dongosolo la Lend-Rental. Pa nthawi yomweyo, kampaniyo inakhazikitsa magetsi amphamvu, omwe anaikidwa pa ndege za Soviet Yak-9.
Kumapeto kwa 1945, kupanga mapepala a jeep kunatha, ndipo Dodge anabwerera ku magalimoto oyambirira. Panalibe zochitika zatsopano kwa wopanga aliyense, ndipo ogulawo anayenera kukonza magalimoto akale, makhalidwe abwino ndi matupi awo. M'chaka cha 1960, Dodge anapanga mafano awiri atsopano a Challenger ndi Charger. Magalimoto onsewa anali okwera masewera olimbitsa thupi, ndipo zofuna zawo zinasungidwa kwa zaka khumi. Malingana ndi Yeep Dodge WC, Dodge Power Wagon inakhazikitsidwa ndi kumangidwa, yomwe inakhala kholo la banja lonse lajambula. Kawirikawiri, bizinesi ya Dodge siinali yoipa, mpaka kumapeto kwa zaka 70-ndiye kampani ya Chrysler yomwe siinapeze vutoli. Bungweli lidaopsezedwa kuti lidzawonongeka, ndipo ngati siliri lothandizidwa ndi boma, khoti likanakhoza kugulitsidwa chifukwa cha ngongole. Nthawiyi Chrysler, ndipo pamodzi ndi iye ndi Dodge, anatha kusambira, koma ntchito zatsopano zinkafunika, ndipo panalibe kusintha kwatsopano.
Koma adakwanitsa kumasula magalimoto atsopano awiri: Dodge Aries, wokongola wokongola sedan, ndi Dodge Caravan. Galimoto yopambana kwambiri Dodge Stratus inatulutsidwa mu 2001. Chitsanzocho sichinali chosakwatiwa, chinasinthidwa nthawi yomweyo, ndipo kumasulidwa kwachidule kunapitilizidwa m'mawu asanu. Chipangizo cha Dodge Stratus chinali chochititsa chidwi kwambiri. Zomwe zinali zosiyana mu injini ya mphamvu: 202, 154 ndi 135 hp, ndipo kapu inali ndi injini yokhala ndi mphamvu ya 202 ndi 148 hp. Mitundu yonse inali carburetor. Wokonzedweratu wa Stratus asanuyi anali galimoto ina, yomwe inakhazikitsidwa mu 1995. Stratus iyi inapangidwa chaka cha 2001. Patadutsa zaka ziwiri, Dodge Stratus 2003, yemwe anali womalizira m'banja la Stratums, anabwera pamsonkhanowo.