DaNGeROuS KiLLeR Posted November 16, 2014 Posted November 16, 2014 Other Pictures For 100 years, innovation, style and mechanical dependability were the hallmarks of cars and trucks built by Dodge, making it one of America's greatest auto manufacturers. If you head a little north of South Bend, Indiana, you'll almost immediately traverse the state line that leads into Michigan. The first place you'll likely arrive is a little town called Niles. Two of its native sons make Niles, however small, a hugely important spot on the American map of automotive history. The Dodge brothers, Horace and John, are arguably the best-known citizens that Niles ever produced. The cars named for them have been a household word for a hundred years, the time span that's elapsed since the very first Dodge Brothers automobile was produced. Both brothers, who enjoyed an uncommonly deep fraternal bond, were not just close siblings but lifetime business partners. Both died within months of one another in 1920. At their deaths, the car they created trailed only Ford in terms of annual unit sales.
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