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 highly ...

Q: I was interested to read your article, “Henry Ford: The Great Industrialist & Fateful Hunger March,” as I have been a big fan of the history of the Ford Motor Company since the first time I read, ...

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 ...

On Nov. 19, 1959, Ford discloses plans to end production of the Edsel. Code-named the E-car, the Edsel had been introduced on Sept. 4, 1957, or E-Day, to slot between Mercury and Lincoln. It was a ...

And now a page from our “Sunday Morning” Almanac: September 4th, 1957, 59 years ago today ... the day Americans got their first look at a brand new car. Named for Henry Ford’s son, who had died years ...

In late 1956, Ford established the Edsel division to compete with Oldsmobile and DeSoto. Exactly three years later, FoMoCo retired the brand following a loss of over $250 million in development, ...

When’s the last time you’ve seen an Edsel in person (if ever)? If you say, ‘Last week’ and point at your uncle, flip the page so we’re on the same page - that’s not what this is all about. I’m talking ...

The Ford Edsel is often regarded as one of the most notorious failures in the history of the American automobile industry. A project that cost Ford hundreds of millions of dollars and took years to ...