Happy Birthday, Edsel Sept 4

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Happy Birthday, Edsel Sept 4

By Justin Hyde

By now, the failures of Ford's Edsel brand launched on this date in 1957 have passed into legend; everything from the timing of starting a near-luxury brand in a recession to the horse-collar grille design and infamous alternative names — "Utopian Turtletop," anyone? It's one of the greatest failures of American business. And yet, there's a thriving community of Edsel aficionados dedicated to preserving them who stoutly defend the Edsel's virtues. What killed the $250 million Edsel project wasn't just one failure, but an epic confluence of bad luck and bad execution, especially in quality; with 18 new models launching at once, Edsels broke often, and even Popular Mechanics reported its test car's trunk filled with water after a rainstorm.

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