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1. Can't Win with a Losing Hand: The Story of the Edsel
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Ford's ill-fated Edsel Division was born in 1957, part of an ambitious plan to match General Motors division for division. It died only two years later, but it remained the butt of jokes for decades, while ...
2. Little Bird: The 1955-1957 Ford Thunderbird
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The old saw "Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan" could well have been coined for this week's subject. Immediately embraced by everyone but sports car purists and Ford accountants, it remains ...
3. Raising the Roof: Ford's Skyliner 'Retrac'
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As enjoyable as convertibles can be on beautiful, sunny summer days, they can be a terrible burden any other time -- drafty, noisy, and vulnerable. We suspect that anyone who's ever owned one has at least ...
Although Lincoln's earliest cars were dismissed as homely, in the decades to come, it would spawn some of the most respected and memorable designs in the automotive industry. This week, we take a look ...
... of management, and two very different men: Lido Anthony Iacocca and Robert Strange McNamara. Click to read more about the birth of the 1960-1970 Ford Falcon  ...
Like its younger sibling, the Ford Mustang, the Ford Thunderbird enjoys an impressive and loyal fan base whose adulation is a little out of proportion to the car's actual virtues. Admittedly, any model ...