Introduced with much fanfare in the fall of 1957, the Edsel was greeted by car buyers with a collective shrug. Was it the bad economy, was it poor marketing, or was it that one-of-a-kind grille? Whatever the cause, Edsel disappeared after just three model years and $250 million in fruitless development costs.\u00a0 Join Matt Anderson, Curator of Transportation at The Henry Ford Museum as we explore the history of the Edsel.<\/p>\n
Images from from the Collections of The Henry Ford.<\/p>\n
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