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 ...

In August of 1957, just a month before the launch of the Edsel, the U.S. economy went into a steep recession, which lasted into the following year. From 1957 to 1958, U.S. car sales dropped by 31%, ...

In the late 1940s, Ford Motor Company concluded that a mid-priced automobile void hindered sales and pushed a significant portion of the market into a mass migration to other manufacturers. Long story ...

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 ...