Classic commercial for the famous 50's car called The Edsel. Considered to be one of the biggest flops of all time, The Edsel now has a cult following.
@Tr3ySw4g: The unusual styling of the Edsel cars are what attracts me the most to these cars. They were different than anything else on the road back then. Personally, even today, I choose cars that are different, that stand out in the crowd.
i'm all for classic 40's,50's,60's, 70s and 80s american classics but i just cannot stand the front end grille of an edsel they look so strange The edsel and the tucker torpedo are the only rare classic i don't like sure if i see any for sale i would buy them and put it in a display especially the tucker but these wouldn't be anything i would pay attention to
@lcar4000 The Edsel was not a design problem, it was a quality control problem. The Edsel never had a dedicated line, it was assembled on a Fairlane line, every thirtieth car was an Edsel, workers juggled tools and parts. It had a push button gear selector in the center of the steering column, with mechanical linkage, it was a hard fix, Edsel's were seen sitting on the side of the road. The grill, they started saying it looked like a horse collar, others said it looked like a toilet seat.
I think the Edsel was definitely a unique looking car. The rear end of it looked pretty good, as did the side. The vertical grill just didn't fit in with the rest of it.
... they all look black, white and grey to me lol. but they still look nice.
bachelorsavenue 1 month ago
never seen before, yeah nobody ever saw a car that had a toilet bowl on the front
kernals12 1 month ago
@adamcharney Not so different from todays BMW grill
MAGUMNURSIS 6 months ago
@Tr3ySw4g: The unusual styling of the Edsel cars are what attracts me the most to these cars. They were different than anything else on the road back then. Personally, even today, I choose cars that are different, that stand out in the crowd.
Dovi65 7 months ago
i'm all for classic 40's,50's,60's, 70s and 80s american classics but i just cannot stand the front end grille of an edsel they look so strange The edsel and the tucker torpedo are the only rare classic i don't like sure if i see any for sale i would buy them and put it in a display especially the tucker but these wouldn't be anything i would pay attention to
Tr3ySw4g 7 months ago
Man seeing this makes you think mad men is full of shit! What a crappy ad!
chinary8 7 months ago
I kinda like the vertical grill. The car does have a unique look. You can't blame the designers for trying to be original. ;-)
adamcharney 7 months ago
Some people though the horse-collar grill looked like a toilet seat.
spm116 8 months ago
@lcar4000 The Edsel was not a design problem, it was a quality control problem. The Edsel never had a dedicated line, it was assembled on a Fairlane line, every thirtieth car was an Edsel, workers juggled tools and parts. It had a push button gear selector in the center of the steering column, with mechanical linkage, it was a hard fix, Edsel's were seen sitting on the side of the road. The grill, they started saying it looked like a horse collar, others said it looked like a toilet seat.
IFlick 8 months ago
I think the Edsel was definitely a unique looking car. The rear end of it looked pretty good, as did the side. The vertical grill just didn't fit in with the rest of it.
lcar4000 10 months ago