| abstract | - Maynard Hornbuckle III was the vice president for consumer affairs at the auto watchdog group Edsel Inc., and the person behind the auto rebels group in 2015. According to the news story Auto rebels form organization by Steven Anderson, which appeared on the front page of the October 22, 2015 issue of USA Today, Hornbuckle was proposing that all United States citizens boycott automakers and refuse to buy a new automobile for the next three years, because he felt that car owners were not getting the value they deserved and the cost of owning and operating a family car was "absolutely astronomical". Hornbuckle had bought three Ford Edsels when they were introduced in the 1950s, feeling that Ford had itself a winner, and was upset when the Edsel was discontinued three years into production. The cost of a one year membership of Edsel Inc. was $116,492. The reason for this, according to Hornbuckle, was that he had to make a living like everyone else.
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