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The EDSEL car brand is often regarded as one of the most infamous failures in automotive history. Launched by Ford Motor ...
The Edsel cars were born under an unlucky array of stars but from all the good intentions. Henry Ford II had plans for a medium-priced Ford product as far back as the late 40s, ...
Had Edsel survived longer than three model years, we’d be savoring birthday cake topped with 60 candles on September 4. That’s the day, in 1957, when Americans got their first look at the ...
There's an oft-told adage: If you haven't failed at something, you haven't tried hard enough to succeed at anything. A perfect case in point is the Edsel, a car -- a whole line of cars, actually ...
“Edsel B. Ford II, who was at Le Mans in 1966 when Ford beat Ferrari, is a serious enthusiast. As a young man, he even interned for Carroll Shelby in his high-performance shop.
The Edsel rollout was a huge event, featuring a mountain of print ads and TV commercials, and an all-star television spectacular (here on CBS), called “The Edsel Show”: ...
“Edsel Ford was passionate about bringing art to Detroit, but he was also passionate about learning more how to create art, and took lessons himself. So we’re very excited to be able to honor ...