Edsel Ford II, great-grandson of the icon Henry Ford, is putting two cars from his personal collection up for auction with Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale. The 1958 Edsel Bermuda Wagon, called “Edsel’s ...
In the late 1940s, Ford Motor Company concluded that a mid-priced automobile void hindered sales and pushed a significant portion of the market into a mass migration to other manufacturers. Long story ...
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Introduced in 1958 to compete against Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Dodge, and DeSoto, the Edsel division was discontinued only three years later to become one of the biggest commercial flops of the ...
Station wagons were status symbols once. They commanded higher prices than sedans, and the faux-wood paneling of the '50s, '60s, and '70s wagons grew out of the original wood-bodied wagons of the '30s ...
Take pity on the poor Edsel. Though it has gone down in automotive history as one of the worst marketing disasters of all time, Ford's original plan was to slot the new $250 million Edsel division ...
For our 60th anniversary month, let's check out a two-page-spread magazine advertisement for the kind of cars that made great tow vehicles for your road-race Triumph TR3 or salt-flat belly tanker in ...
Many people have fond memories of the family station wagon. For Edsel B. Ford II, the great-grandson of Henry Ford, it's just a little bit different. Because the car carries his name. Yet, like so ...
The folks at Bring A Trailer found something really interesting on Ebay this week: a 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner onto which someone added a 1958 Edsel doghouse, base 1957 Ford Fairlane side trim, ...
Once in a while, as we’re covering the nitty-gritty details of the automotive industry, it’s nice to be reminded of the passion people feel for cars and the history of the industry. One of the ugliest ...
Either love it or laugh at it — but gear up for a whole lotta Edsel sightings this weekend in metro Detroit. The car that made Ford Motor the butt of industry jokes in the late 1950s has arrived en ...