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winger ◊ 2005-01-13 05:33	C'est une Edsel Ranger de 1958.
Ralph ◊ 2005-02-09 02:10	Ford Edsel 1958
antp ◊ 2005-02-09 10:10	I thought that Edsel was a new make created by the Ford group because they had one make less than the GM group, or something like that ?
imcdb ◊ 2005-02-10 12:01	Indeed, Edsel is the first name of the designer of this mid-class car. -- Last edit: 2009-06-12 23:52:18 (G-MANN)
rapilje ◊ 2005-09-11 22:11	Yikes! Talk about misinformation! (almost all of the above) It is not an Edsel Ranger, it's an Edsel Corsair. There were two sizes of Edsel in 1958. The bigger series cars were the Citation and the Corsair, and were based on the 1957-58 Mercury. The smaller series cars were the Ranger and the Pacer, and were based on the 1957-1958 Ford. This Edsel in American Graffiti is one of the bigger-series cars. It's a Corsair because it is not wearing the extra trim the top-line Citation wore -- an aluminum insert and green Edsel "pickle" in the white scallop on the back fender. It is not a Ford Edsel, it's an Edsel. It was produced by Ford Motor Company, but not by the Ford Division. The two cars the Ford Division produced were the Ford and the Thunderbird, that's it. The Edsel was produced by its own division, the Edsel Division. Yes, one reason Ford created it was to become more like GM. No, Edsel was not the first name of the designer of the car. The car was named in honor of Henry Ford's only son Edsel, who died in 1943 -- 14 years before the car's introduction. Edsel Ford was a designer, however, and was responsible for the first Lincoln Continental, the 1940 model. The lead designer for the Edsel automobile was a man named Roy Brown. -- Last edit: 2005-09-11 22:25:26 -- Last edit: 2009-06-13 11:21:02 (G-MANN)
antp ◊ 2005-09-11 22:31	Thanks for these information
explorer4x4 ◊ 2006-06-11 18:22	The Edsel would have been a nice looking car if they hadn't put that ugly sheild on the grill and re-done the back.
qwerty_86 ◊ 2006-06-12 07:22	Are you kidding? That car look hot already! I wouldn't change a thing!
jettalover ◊ 2008-01-27 08:08	Besides the questionable front, wasn't the rest of the car "normal" looking? I believe the engines had more power than the competition. Was the Edsel placed between Mercury and Lincoln on a prestige level?
timmm55 ◊ 2009-03-07 00:06	It was marketed between the Fords and Mercurys. It shared some of both in terms of roofs, chassis, etc. There was a huge marketing hype around it, and it didn't live up to it. It was almost too normal vs the hype. What hurt Edsel more was the economy in 1958 as there was a huge recession.....sales were bad for everyone, especially the mid-series (Pontiac, Desoto, etc.). Just a bad time to introduce a new vehicle line. The horse collar grill foreshadowed the later center/SPLIT grills of Pontiac, Alfa, and dozens of other cars.
G-MANN ◊ 2009-06-13 00:44	Laurie's (Cindy Williams) car.
Stampede1975 ◊ 2009-06-13 08:55	I never knew Edsel also made the Citation, I knew Chevrolet did back in the early 1980s
Stampede1975 ◊ 2009-06-15 02:33	I loved the 1958's, I didn't like the 1959-60 Edsel's all that much at all
58Roadmaster ◊ 2009-06-17 07:04	four-door hardtop [57A]
Rigormortor ◊ 2009-12-01 00:40	Stampede1975 wrote I loved the 1958's, I didn't like the 1959-60 Edsel's all that much at all Same with me, the 58 is a hot old ride, the 59's didnt look as good and the 60 model looks weird....
Commander 57 ◊ 2009-12-01 23:51	I rather like the 1959's more refined look. (The 1960's resembled Pontiacs!)
58pacer ◊ 2010-10-22 01:05	Anybody know if that license plate is genuine? It's the correct color and style for 1961/62 California, and the correct beginning letter "P" for a 1958 model. But the spacing of the characters looks off (too narrow and squeezed together). If it is a studio plate, whoever concocted it knew their California plates "very" well!
bw626 ◊ 2011-04-19 04:33	I'm sorry, but I do not see how the Edsels were attractive in anyway. I think they are probably the ugliest cars ever made, save late model Acuras and the early sixties Chrysler Corp. cars.
billygusmc ◊ 2011-05-13 00:22	it aint horrible i mean ive seen better but still
CRAFT372 ◊ 2011-11-05 20:25	I must say that even if the fron of the Edsel's looked horrible the rear lights look really good
racersg ◊ 2012-06-22 03:44	Man, good this picture is of the rear...
Cycolac Fan ◊ 2012-09-05 23:43	Quote Anybody know if that license plate is genuine? It's the correct color and style for 1961/62 California, and the correct beginning letter "P" for a 1958 model. But the spacing of the characters looks off (too narrow and squeezed together). If it is a studio plate, whoever concocted it knew their California plates "very" well! Not impossible but I think it's unlikely. The plate on the yeellow Deuce was a reference to George Lucas' 1971 film THX 1138 and if you look closely Steve's '58 Impala and Carol's sister Judy's Studebaker are wearing the same licence plate (!) so chances are all the plates were fake. . -- Last edit: 2012-09-05 23:44:24
mike962 ◊ 2013-06-13 18:48	REPALCEMENT 2.24
mike962 ◊ 2013-06-13 19:50
train68 ◊ 2017-10-11 22:53	bw626 wrote I'm sorry, but I do not see how the Edsels were attractive in anyway. I think they are probably the ugliest cars ever made, save late model Acuras and the early sixties Chrysler Corp. cars. Due to its disastrous history, the Edsel became a hot collectible as the years passed.
SN95 ◊ 2020-08-05 06:13	timmm55 wrote It was marketed between the Fords and Mercurys. It shared some of both in terms of roofs, chassis, etc. There was a huge marketing hype around it, and it didn't live up to it. It was almost too normal vs the hype. What hurt Edsel more was the economy in 1958 as there was a huge recession.....sales were bad for everyone, especially the mid-series (Pontiac, Desoto, etc.). Just a bad time to introduce a new vehicle line. The horse collar grill foreshadowed the later center/SPLIT grills of Pontiac, Alfa, and dozens of other cars. I recall a marketing textbook saying that one problem with the Edsel is that buyers were uncertain where it was positioned in the status hierarchy of automobiles.
SN95 ◊ 2020-08-05 06:17	Stampede1975 wrote I loved the 1958's, I didn't like the 1959-60 Edsel's all that much at all The horse-collar grille disappeared in 1960. I daresay that most folks would mistake the 1960 Edsel for a Ford.
Commander 57 ◊ 2020-08-05 14:58	SN95 wrote The horse-collar grille disappeared in 1960. I daresay that most folks would mistake the 1960 Edsel for a Ford. Well, it basically was. Different front clip and tail lamps/dash but otherwise pretty much the same.
train68 ◊ 2021-12-23 19:52	Horse-collar grill or not, I think this car looks lovely.

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1958 Edsel Corsair Four-Door Hardtop [57A]

1958 Edsel Corsair [57A] in American Graffiti, Movie, 1973

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