It failed because it was too expensive and too lavishly equipped for the category. Mechanically, it was a proven design. It had the V8 engine and chassis from the Mercury Turnpike Cruiser. Simple but reliable and effective. Paul On Jan 6, 2008, at 5:29 PM, mike wilson wrote:
> >> >> From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 2008/01/06 Sun PM 07:18:24 GMT >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Question for automobile enthusiasts on the list >> >> On the other hand there are folks who think the Edsel was >> the coolest looking car ever built. The Edsel did not fail >> for styling reasons it failed because they introduced it in >> the worst economic conditions (The economy bottomed in '59) >> since the great depression up until then (The early 80's >> were actually worse then the great depression but >> unemployment insurance helped people survive that one, and >> in some ways the US has never fully recovered from that one). > > > I understood that it failed because it was unreliable. > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
