Description: The Ford Edsel is one of the most fascinating business practice case studies of all time, and is therefore the perfect place for us to start and to define what we mean by a misstep. An automotive miss...Add Comments1
Joe Fats HarperJul 17, 2012 Is this another series article? Awesome, I'm loving them!
Abraham MendozaJul 18, 2012 Hey Woah, I was being sarcastic when I was saying "great". But if were doing this whole automotive screw ups thing, I know about 4 American cars on the list and Carbuzz will point it out.
Matthew CrightonJul 17, 2012 @Abraham, dont hate, because you are going to be on the misshap list too.
Abraham MendozaJul 17, 2012 Oh so now where talking about misshaps. There's gonna a lot of American cars on list. Great.
Reid HuffJul 17, 2012 its special like finding that crap has been rubbed on the wall in the bathroom.
John SerelyJul 17, 2012 I actually like the way it looms
Description: There is a commonly held belief that the Edsel was somehow horrible, that it was shoddily built or in some way hideous. These beliefs, though not entirely groundless, fall well short of telling the wh...Add Comments1
Andrew McNealJul 17, 2012 That's why many have become collectors cars recently, they weren't bad cars.
Description: Simply put, they were American cars built in the late Fifties and that is pretty much what they look like. The grille came about as an unfortunate byproduct of committee thinking, when engineers insis...Add Comments2
Dale SchroederJul 17, 2012 A lot of the Edsel's styling cues were a mashup of things that were either going out of style or wouldn't really catch on for a couple more years. Being stuck in that transitional state made it look very odd at the time, or so many people say.
Carlo Luciano CastellanaJul 19, 2012 I think its a unique and interesting car i like it. But maybe the mechanics was the problem
Drew KennardJul 18, 2012 At least all the FX2's I've seen have been 2 wheel drive so I make that assumption. I think FX2 is officially a package with billet and rims and such.
Alex VasquezJul 18, 2012 Ford f series still has metal bumpers :) just painted
Drew KennardJul 18, 2012 @shawn that's a regular ol American Ford pickup truck, two wheel drive, hence FX2.
Shawn SullivanJul 17, 2012 I don't mind how this looks but it was terrible for them. But what is that grey fx2 in the back and is the roof chopped on it?!
Paul LissonaJul 17, 2012 Yah I wish cars had chrome bumpers still but the last chrome bunkered cars were 1996 Cadillac fleetwood.
Nick BenzJul 17, 2012 The "plastic jap crap" that we see today is on everything. Front/rear bumpers of almost every single car in the world. Not just japanese cars.
Andrew McNealJul 17, 2012 We only like it today because it's better looking and better quality than the plastic jap crap we see today.
Abraham MendozaJul 17, 2012 Because it was unreliable and unprofitable. It gave Ford a black eye and only survived for 2 years.
1988BMW325iSJul 17, 2012 beautiful car! dont see why its hated
Alex VasquezJul 18, 2012 Or it could be a swat car, fire truck, ghetto drive by car. And y'all said it something like a boat ha this is why they hated it.
David PurcellJul 17, 2012 Lol your right haha it does look like that
Quinn ConnerJul 17, 2012 Lol. I just picture myself water skiing and needing something to step up on to get out of the water.
Description: Reliability wasn't terrific by today's standards, but that could be said of pretty much any car built in the Fifties. It has been said that the shared manufacturing facilities lead to Edsel ...Add Comments0
Description: After a huge marketing campaign, Ford was never really able to define exactly what the hell it was or why you would want one. The Edsel range of vehicles more or less slotted in between the Ford and M...Add Comments2
Henz HerreroJul 17, 2012 That almost made sense...
Bert Kelly-JohnstonJul 17, 2012 Seems a fair description of what happened to all the various divisions of the USA car makers. Cimmaron anyone? And why would anyone car whether a car has an engine made by a particular division?
They didn't learn from Edsel what Sloan had hnown.
Description: The name was the primary thing which separated the brand, and when you get down to it, Edsel just doesn't sound as good as Mercury. The subject of the name brings up one of the most interesting p...Add Comments0
Description: The car bore definite Edsel styling cues (albeit, not the infamous grille), which is part of why its sales figures are so impressive. Ford sold more Comets in their first year of production than they ...Add Comments0
Christian De PriscoJul 17, 2012 Reminds me of the rear of some yachts, you can stand a midget on each side...for deco perhaps, or as bodyguards...lol
Dillon DixonJul 17, 2012 I love the taillights and that back bumper is crazy. 50s styling was so awesome!
Description: Sales fell right off, and the car which never needed to be made in the first place died soon thereafter. The Edsel remains a perfect example of what can happen when unreasonable expectations are met w...Add Comments0
Is this another series article? Awesome, I'm loving them!