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[[File:Zimmerman Model Z-35 Touring (1910).jpg|thumb|left|1910 Zimmerman Model Z-35 touring sedan]]
The De Soto Motor Car Company was created in [[Auburn, Indiana]], in November 1912, by L.M. Field, Hayes Fry and Glenn Fry of [[Iowa City, Iowa]], and V.H. Van Sickle and H.J. Clark of [[Des Moines, Iowa]]. It was a subsidiary of the Zimmerman Manufacturing Company of Auburn,
The De Soto Company was started with US$20,000 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|20000|1913}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars {{inflation-fn|US}}) and produced two models. The De Soto Six was a rebadged version of the Zimmerman and was listed at US$2,185 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|2185|1913}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars {{inflation-fn|US}}) which was more expensive than the Zimmerman on which it was based. It offered electric lights and a compressed air engine starter, which was optional, and a credit of US$100 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|100|1913}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars {{inflation-fn|US}}) if the customer objected. In 1914, the De Soto Six was joined with a two-cylinder [[cyclecar]] where it only accommodated two passengers that sat in tandem, or the driver in front and the passenger behind, and was listed at US$385 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|385|1914}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars {{inflation-fn|US}}). There were plans to move manufacturing to Fort Wayne in 1915 and rename the company as Motorette, but when there were deaths in the Zimmerman family, the company was bought by Auburn Automobile Company.<ref name="kimes1996">{{cite book|last=Kimes|first=Beverly|title=standard catalog of American Cars 1805–1942|page=430|year=1996|publisher=Krause publications|isbn=0-87341-478-0}}</ref>
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