American automakers sometimes take the brunt of the criticism for producing models that are ugly, useless, or even downright dangerous. Ford has had its share of beasts through the years in addition to several winners including the current Mustang for which demand cannot be met. For the fun of it lets take a look at some of the Ford models that have been derided down through the years.
Model T What?! How can the car that introduced mass production make the list? Well, the car was fine, but Mr. Henry Fords statement, you can have any color you want as long as it is black has been attributed with the rise of General Motors [who gave its customers a choice in colors] which eventually dethroned Ford as the top automaker in the world. No, the Model T was fine, but Mr. Fords marketing strategy was not.
Edsel In September 1957, Ford launched a new division Edsel and introduced to America one of the weirdest looking cars. Sporting a horse-collar shaped grille some equated it with a toilet seat the Edsel line was hyped by Ford and rejected by consumers wholeheartedly. Expecting to build 200,000 Edsels in its first year of production, only 63,000 were...
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