Fargo was a brand of truck manufactured and sold in Canada by the Chrysler Corporation. Fargo trucks were almost identical to Dodge trucks, save for trim and name, but were sold by Chrysler-Plymouth dealers. Production began in the late 1920s; the name Fargo was discontinued after 1972. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1296x972, 192 KB) Summary Description: Fargo truck in Batey ha-Osef Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1296x972, 192 KB) Summary Description: Fargo truck in Batey ha-Osef Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel. ... The Chrysler Corporation (NYSE: DCX) is a formerly United States-based automobile manufacturer. ... Dodge is a brand name of automobiles and light to heavy-duty trucks, marketed by the German-based DaimlerChrysler AG from 1901 to the present. ... Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America and in Australia as the Roaring Twenties . In Europe it is sometimes refered to as the Golden Twenties. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...
Why Chrysler chose to use the name Fargo is uncertain. One theory is based upon the imagery of open range of the North American west, while still another theory lies in the play on words "Far" and "Go" denoting durability.
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Fargotrucks are one of the many examples of Chrysler's unique, some would say goofy, style.
Instead of simply selling Dodgetrucks with their own name abroad, Chrysler used the Fargo name for export trucks, so that, in Turkey, you could buy a Dodge, but it would be called a Fargo.
Fargo volume was not considered to be enough to create dies to stamp its name onto the Transline's tailgate.
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