In the history of American carmaker Ford the name Edsel is of crucial importance. After all, it belonged to the son of the Blue Oval's founder, a man who would grow up to become the company's ...

Decades before General Motors launched an oddly named division to address a market segment where the company was weak, Ford did likewise. Both Saturn and Edsel arrived just in time to see the market ...

The first 1960 Edsel — serial No. 1 — was a Ranger four-door hardtop sedan with a Polar White top over an Alaskan Gold metallic body. A vice president of parts at Ford Motor Co. reportedly was the ...

Named after Henry Ford's son, the Edsel division was founded in late 1956. It was FoMoCo's fourth brand at the time, and it was supposed to help the company gain additional market share from General ...

SEASIDE, Calif. -- It's big and lovable in its own way, but was never fully appreciated. It's the Edsel. But the brand still has a fan in Andrea Enthal of Agoura Hills, Calif., who proudly owns a big, ...

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 ...