The 1958 Dodge is a 2-door coupe / 4-door sedan / 2-door hardtop coupe / 2-door wagon / 4-door wagon / 2-door convertible from Dodge, built from 1957 to 1961, at the height of the post-war boom. Under the bonnet: 230 .
How it came about
The Dodge lineup was refreshed for the 1958 model year, continuing the three-line scheme of the 1955 Dodges with the entry-level Coronet, Royal, and ornate Custom Royal. The Regal Lancer was added as a new top-of-the-line model in spring.
The hardware
Power comes from 230 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It shifts through a 2-speed automatic / 3-speed automatic. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the 1955 Dodge. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Nissan Skyline, the Fiat 500, the Nissan Patrol — show what else the money bought that year. Its Dodge stablemates include the Dodge 1500 and the 1955 Dodge.
What it costs now
There is no federal ownership record for the 1958 Dodge — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.