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 ...

A handsome and hard-punching newcomer will officially join the Ford family of automobiles Tuesday. The Edsel, packing 300-plus horsepower in either of two engines, is expected to deliver some telling ...

The Little Car with a Big Problem. Ah, the Ford Pinto. It’s probably the most infamous car in Ford’s history, and for a good ...

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 ...

Remember the ill-fated Edsel brand named after the son of Henry Ford? Founded in 1956 and phased out in 1959 over bad reception and millions of dollars in losses, Edsel continues to fascinate to this ...

The 1958 Edsel Corsair arrived with the weight of an entire industry’s expectations on its fins. In the late 1950s, Detroit ...

Ford sold nearly 420,000 Mustangs in 1964, the pony’s first year on sale, but one of them was very special, as it was delivered as a Christmas gift to Edsel B. Ford II. 16 years old at the time, the ...

It's weird that the debut '58 Edsel lineup included semi-loser model names like ranger, Pacer, Citation, and Corsair. The Citation and Pacer nameplates would later be used to doom Chevy front drivers ...

Edsel's radically styled vehicles were launched into a recession and crowded automotive segment in 1958 and discontinued just two years later amid dismal sales. His 1958 Edsel Bermuda Wagon is one of ...

DETROIT (AP) — Edsel B. Ford II is retiring from the board of Ford Motor and will be replaced by another member of the Ford family. Two members of the Ford family will actually join the board because ...

Ford Motor Co.’s Edsel remains one of the biggest flops in corporate history. But no one knew that in late summer 1957, when the company introduced its new model with animated hoopla that included ...