The 1958 Edsel Corsair was supposed to be Ford’s bold new middle-class status symbol, a car that would slot neatly between humble family sedans and aspirational luxury cruisers. Instead, it became a ...

The 1958 Edsel Corsair arrived as a rolling promise that Detroit could invent an entirely new kind of American family car, with fresh styling, novel technology, and a brand built from scratch. Instead ...

The Henry Ford Museum's new "Driving America" exhibit displays a 1957 DeSoto Fireflite four-door hardtop, which I figured would make a good subject for this column. Four-door hardtops have all the ...

Despite an exciting entry, Ford's forgotten luxury marque only lasted a couple of years before its eventual axing. It's not uncommon for popular automakers to form entirely new sub-brands in order to ...