| John Francis Dodge and Horace Elgin Dodge were early shareholders and builders for the Ford Motor Company. In 1914 the Dodge Brothers started their own auto company, named the Dodge Brothers Motor Vehicle Company, and soon began building motor trucks as well, at first used by the United States Army during World War I. The Chrysler Corporation acquired the Dodge company in 1928. In 1998, Dodge, along with all other Chrysler subsidiaries merged with Daimler-Benz. |