Edsel Ford was the son of Henry Ford, and the name just didn’t have a ring to it like Thunderbird, Continental, Fairlane or Marauder. The front motif offset what I felt was a very nice trunk and rear taillight design and decent interior overall.Īnother reason I feel Edsel failed was the name - Edsel. Additionally, introducing a car during a 1957 recession didn’t help matters.Įdsel’s design was way out there, with a front end featuring a “scoop nose,” “hangman’s noose” or “snorkel” design, take your pick. But when Edsel appeared in late 1957 as a 1958 model, it was pretty much a bust from Day One.
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Still, with so much hype going on about the new Edsel, and even an “Edsel TV Show,” you would have thought something out of this world was about to hit the showrooms.
And in comparison to the compact Chevy Corvair, I’d give the edge to the Falcon/Comet as the better of the vehicles in head-to-head comparisons. Thus, I will always regard the Comet as an innovative new compact car (along with Falcon), while the Edsel was and is a non-innovative, non-inspiring vehicle. There were also notable Edsel similarities in the Comet, and some smaller parts were used from the Edsel parts bin.Īs for the Edsel, it was nothing more than gadgets, gimmicks, slick advertising and new sheet metal on a Ford-Mercury chassis. Unlike Edsel, the Comet was a huge success at the dealerships - more Comets were sold in its first year than all Edsels combined during its three-year run.
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