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Fargo Trucks

Fargo was a brand of trucks originally produced in the United States in 1913 by the Fargo Motor Car Company.1

Last updated Oct 18, 2026.

Overview

1913Founded1
  • Industryautomotive industry1
  • HeadquartersDetroit1

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Fargo was a brand of trucks originally produced in the United States in 1913 by the Fargo Motor Car Company. Dropped in 1922, the name was reintroduced for a line of trucks manufactured by the Chrysler Corporation after purchasing Fargo Motors in 1928. Later, Chrysler absorbed Dodge and started producing its truck line, so over time, Fargo trucks became rebadged Dodges, similar to the parallel sale by General Motors of its GMC and Chevrolet truck lines, as well as the Mercury truck brand used by Ford in Canada.2

How it started

History

The first Fargo trucks were built in Pilsen, Chicago, by the Fargo Motor Car Company from 1913 until 1922. In 1928, Chrysler bought the business and created their own line of Fargo trucks. Shortly after its creation, Chrysler also bought the Dodge Brothers Company, adding Dodge- and Graham Brothers-badged trucks to its product line. From then on, Fargo trucks were almost identical to Dodge models, save for trim and name, and were sold by Chrysler-Plymouth dealers.

U.S. sales of Fargo trucks were discontinued in the 1930s and replaced in the US by Plymouth-badged trucks in 1937, In Canada, the name Fargo was used until 1972 for marketing reasons to differentiate the trucks as Chrysler-Plymouth dealer offerings apart from the Dodge trucks sold at Dodge dealers.

Fargo trucks were sold worldwide. In 1953, 194 new trucks were registered in Morocco. The total number of Fargo trucks in Morocco in 1953 was 1422.

In 1935, a new designation for vehicles began. The FC3 was the first vehicle with the new name. The F stood for Fargo, the C for the year 1935, and the 3 for the size of the vehicle. The following year was designated with the letter D for 1936.

FD4 (1936)

From Wikipedia’s article on Fargo Trucks, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Timeline

  1. 1978Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1978Acquired Acquired by Askam1
  3. 1928Acquired Acquired by Stellantis North America1
  4. 1913Founded Founded1

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