In 1958 the USA was in a nasty recession, and DeSoto sales suffered as a result. In the preceding year the marque managed a healthy 126,514 registrations, but in 1958 sales dived to just 49,445. Of those, only 7646 were Firesweep four-door sedans like this. Sadly the writing was on the wall for DeSoto, and sales continued to plummet. The marque would disappear altogether in 1961.

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