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Edsel Pacer 1958 convertible - El Prado, Centro Habana, Cuba.
Esp 👉 Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO en 1982. La Habana se encuentra en la costa noroeste de Cuba.
Eng 👉 UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1982. Havana lies on the northwest coast of Cuba.
Fra 👉 Au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO en 1982. La Havane est située sur la côte nord-ouest de Cuba.
I didn't know what to do with this one. How do you make an old faded Edsel look good? I don't know either so I came up with this.
Sturdy relics of a bygone time. The Edsel & the GMC side by side.
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Edsel is a discontinued division and brand of automobiles that was marketed by the Ford Motor Company from the 1958 to the 1960 model years. Deriving its name from Edsel Ford, son of company founder Henry Ford, Edsels were developed in an effort to give Ford a fourth brand to gain additional market share from Chrysler and General Motors. Established as an expansion of the Lincoln-Mercury Division to three brands (re-christened the Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln Division), Edsel shared a price range with Mercury; the division shared its bodies with both Mercury and Ford.
Competing against Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Dodge, and DeSoto, Edsel was the first new brand introduced by an American automaker since the 1939 launch of Mercury and 1956 launch of Continental, which ended and merged into Lincoln after 1957. In the year leading to its release, Ford invested in an advertising campaign, marketing Edsels as the cars of the future. While 1958 Edsels would introduce multiple advanced features for its price segment, the launch of the model line would become symbolic of commercial failure. Introduced in a recession that catastrophically affected sales of medium-priced cars, Edsels were considered overhyped, unattractive (distinguished by a vertical grille), and low quality.
Following a loss of over $250 million ($2.29 billion in 2021 dollars) on development, manufacturing, and marketing on the model line, Ford quietly discontinued the Edsel brand before 1960.
(Wikipedia)
Last pic from last weekend’s Classic American Auto event at Heage.
Notorious flop or ‘lemon’, Ford Edsel, named after Henry Ford’s son.
After being unveiled to the public, they were considered to be unattractive, overpriced, and overhyped. Edsels never gained popularity with contemporary American car buyers and sold poorly. The Ford Motor Company lost $250 million - that was a lot back in the late 50s, come to think of it it’s a lot now.
The term ‘Edsel’ came to be synonymous with failure.
If the image looks dark and murky that’s because the weather was dark and murky.
The Edsel Corsair is an automobile that was produced and sold by Edsel in 1958 and 1959. The 1959 Edsel styling was significantly toned down, as was the vertical grille assembly, which now featured a fine bar pattern as shown in this example.
Edsel was a make of car and a new car making division introduced by the Ford Motor Company on 4th September 1957. The company called that day, "E-Day." It was named after Henry Ford's son, Edsel Ford. The Edsel was also one of the biggest failures in history. It was sold for only three years, ending in 1960.
This rare 1959 Edsel, 685 XVE, is seen arriving at the Tewkesbury Classic Vehicle Festival on 22nd August 2021.
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Edsel est une marque de la Ford Motor Company nommée en mémoire du fils d'Henry Ford, Edsel Ford, désignant des modèles des années 1958, 1959 et 1960.
Malgré sa courte durée de vie, la marque est bien connue, et est aujourd'hui considérée comme l'un des plus grands échecs commerciaux de l'histoire des entreprises américaines.
Edsel is a brand of the Ford Motor Company named in memory of Henry Ford's son, Edsel Ford, designating models from the years 1958, 1959 and 1960.
Despite its short lifespan, the brand is well known, and is today considered one of the greatest business failures in American corporate history.