The EDSEL car brand is often regarded as one of the most infamous failures in automotive history. Launched by Ford Motor ...

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 ...

01-31-2023 DESIGN Ford’s ‘Edsel’ car was a notorious flop. Was the name to blame? Pentagram tells the wild story behind the fraught process of naming its sedan from the 1950s.

Edsel lasted only three model years with the first year, 1958, its best but selling only about 64,000 cars. In 1959 sales dropped to 44,891, and in their last year model year — which lasted only ...

A year earlier, Edsel had offered seven nameplates covering ten body styles and eighteen models. For 1959, the Corsair was reduced to trim differences over the Ranger with which it now shared a body.

Edsel is selling his Edsel. Edsel B. Ford II is a member of the automaker's board of directors and grandson of Edsel Ford, after whom the short-lived car brand was named.

May 26, 1943 Edsel Ford dies at age 49 from incurable stomach cancer. June 1, 1943 Henry Ford is re-elected president of Ford Motor Company.

A year earlier, Edsel had offered seven nameplates covering ten body styles and eighteen models. For 1959, the Corsair was reduced to trim differences over the Ranger with which it now shared a body.