| rdfs:comment | - The Edsel was an automobile built on Earth by the Ford Motor Company and described as one of the worst marketing failures in history. Prior to World War III, Elrene Leydon's great-grandfather and grandfather owned an Edsel before an ECON weapon destroyed the car. In 2155, Hoshi Sato compared the Enterprise to an Edsel because of Nathan Samuels's decision to end production of the NX-class. (ENT novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
- Edsel ist ein Automobil, das Ende der 1950er-Jahre von Ford hergestellt wird. Dieses Produkt verkauft sich schlecht und stellt sich als völliger Fehlschlag heraus, was dazu führt, dass der Begriff "Edsel" zum Synonym für Fehlschlag wird. 1996 meint Henry Starling ironisch, dass der fehlerhaft funktionierende Computerchip, den er für den HyperPro PC entwickelt hat, in Edsel umbenannt werden sollte. (VOY: ) 2375 meint Tom Paris zu Harry Kim, dass der Quantenslipstreamantrieb der USS Voyager ein Edsel ist, als er entdeckt, dass er fehlerhaft funktioniert. (VOY: )
- Though spread over a number of long and rambling memos the direction of the corporation could be summarized into two points. 1.
* Re-elect Adolf Hitler. 2.
* Build a car capable of flying to the planet Mercury that ran on morphine.
- 120px|thumb|Der rote blaue Korsar: Edsel Corsair 120px|thumb|Manche Autos sind beim Anblick eines Edsels vor Schreck tot umgefallen. 120px|thumb|Edsel Citation 120px|thumb|Edsel Bermuda 120px|thumb|Dieses Stillleben entdeckte man auf den Potsdamer Platz in Berlin (Edsel Ranger) Edsel war eine kurzlebige US-amerikanische Autofirma, die zum Ford-Konzern gehörte und von 1958 bis 1960 bestand. Die "Fahrzeuge" (sofern man sie als diese bezeichnen darf) waren zu 200% qualitätsfrei und ihr Aussehen war unter aller Sau. Der Name "Edsel" bedeutet "Every Day Something Else Leaks" (Jeden Tag leckt etwas anderes).
- Research and development for the new intermediate line had begun in 1955 under the name "E car", which stood for "experimental car." Ford Motor Company eventually decided on the name "Edsel", in honor of Edsel B. Ford, son of the company's founder, Henry Ford. This represented a new division of the firm alongside that of Ford itself and the Lincoln-Mercury division, whose cars at the time shared the same bodies. Unlike Ford and Mercury, the Edsel Division never had any dedicated manufacturing plants. All Edsels were built in Ford or Mercury plants on a contract basis.
- Emmett Brown was once given the choice of working on one of three projects: one which was the Edsel. As Marty McFly started exploring downtown Hill Valley in 2015, he saw a holobillboard advertisement for Goldie Wilson Hover Conversion Systems, which depicted an Edsel as a typical "road car" converted into a "skyway flyer". Marty thought he saw a hover converted Edsel fly by, but actually a converted Edsel drove around the corner toward him underneath the billboard as Marty watched the advertisement.
- The Edsel was a car produced by the Ford Motor Company in the late 1950s. The brand, although technologically innovative, was a complete commercial failure, leading the term Edsel to become synonomous with failed product or "lemon". In 1996, Henry Starling, the possesser of a 29th century timeship (the Aeon), and owner of Chronowerx Industries, satirically suggested that the computer chip designed for the pending HyperPro PC be deemed inferior and the computer should be renamed "Edsel". (VOY: "Future's End")
- L'Edsel était une voiture produite par la Ford Motor Company à la fin des années 1950. Le produit fut un échec complet, amenant le terme Edsel à devenir synonyme de produit défectueux. (Réalité extrapolée *) En 1996, Henry Starling, le propriétaire de Chronowerx, qui possédait un vaisseau temporel du 29ème siècle (l'Aeon), suggéra de manière ironique que le nouveau PC Hyperpro soit rebaptisé "Edsel", sa puce informatique étant considérée de qualité inférieure. (VOY: "Future's End, Part I")
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| abstract | - 120px|thumb|Der rote blaue Korsar: Edsel Corsair 120px|thumb|Manche Autos sind beim Anblick eines Edsels vor Schreck tot umgefallen. 120px|thumb|Edsel Citation 120px|thumb|Edsel Bermuda 120px|thumb|Dieses Stillleben entdeckte man auf den Potsdamer Platz in Berlin (Edsel Ranger) Edsel war eine kurzlebige US-amerikanische Autofirma, die zum Ford-Konzern gehörte und von 1958 bis 1960 bestand. Die "Fahrzeuge" (sofern man sie als diese bezeichnen darf) waren zu 200% qualitätsfrei und ihr Aussehen war unter aller Sau. Der Name "Edsel" bedeutet "Every Day Something Else Leaks" (Jeden Tag leckt etwas anderes). Der Edsel ließ sich gut nach Frankreich exportieren, da die Franzosen solche Autos gewöhnt waren.
- Emmett Brown was once given the choice of working on one of three projects: one which was the Edsel. As Marty McFly started exploring downtown Hill Valley in 2015, he saw a holobillboard advertisement for Goldie Wilson Hover Conversion Systems, which depicted an Edsel as a typical "road car" converted into a "skyway flyer". Marty thought he saw a hover converted Edsel fly by, but actually a converted Edsel drove around the corner toward him underneath the billboard as Marty watched the advertisement. The same car could also be seen parked in front of the Texaco service station when Doc Brown sent a message from the future to volunteers at the Institute of Future Technology. 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, Maynard Hornbuckle III, the vice president for consumer affairs at the auto watchdog group Edsel Inc., and the person behind the auto rebels group, proposed 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 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 Edsel was an automobile built on Earth by the Ford Motor Company and described as one of the worst marketing failures in history. Prior to World War III, Elrene Leydon's great-grandfather and grandfather owned an Edsel before an ECON weapon destroyed the car. In 2155, Hoshi Sato compared the Enterprise to an Edsel because of Nathan Samuels's decision to end production of the NX-class. (ENT novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
- Edsel ist ein Automobil, das Ende der 1950er-Jahre von Ford hergestellt wird. Dieses Produkt verkauft sich schlecht und stellt sich als völliger Fehlschlag heraus, was dazu führt, dass der Begriff "Edsel" zum Synonym für Fehlschlag wird. 1996 meint Henry Starling ironisch, dass der fehlerhaft funktionierende Computerchip, den er für den HyperPro PC entwickelt hat, in Edsel umbenannt werden sollte. (VOY: ) 2375 meint Tom Paris zu Harry Kim, dass der Quantenslipstreamantrieb der USS Voyager ein Edsel ist, als er entdeckt, dass er fehlerhaft funktioniert. (VOY: )
- The Edsel was a car produced by the Ford Motor Company in the late 1950s. The brand, although technologically innovative, was a complete commercial failure, leading the term Edsel to become synonomous with failed product or "lemon". In 1996, Henry Starling, the possesser of a 29th century timeship (the Aeon), and owner of Chronowerx Industries, satirically suggested that the computer chip designed for the pending HyperPro PC be deemed inferior and the computer should be renamed "Edsel". (VOY: "Future's End") The term was also used in 2375 by Tom Paris, a 20th century automobile enthusiast, who used it to describe a quantum slipstream drive constructed by the crew of the USS Voyager, when he discovered major design flaws. (VOY: "Timeless") The Edsel was, according to the Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 1, p. 229) , manufactured by the Ford Motor Company from 1958 to 1960.
- Though spread over a number of long and rambling memos the direction of the corporation could be summarized into two points. 1.
* Re-elect Adolf Hitler. 2.
* Build a car capable of flying to the planet Mercury that ran on morphine.
- Research and development for the new intermediate line had begun in 1955 under the name "E car", which stood for "experimental car." Ford Motor Company eventually decided on the name "Edsel", in honor of Edsel B. Ford, son of the company's founder, Henry Ford. This represented a new division of the firm alongside that of Ford itself and the Lincoln-Mercury division, whose cars at the time shared the same bodies. The Edsel was introduced amid considerable publicity on "E Day"—September 4, 1957. It was also promoted by a top-rated television special, The Edsel Show, on October 13, but the promotional effort was not enough to counter the adverse public reaction to the car's styling and conventional build. For months, Ford had been circulating rumors that led people to expect an entirely new kind of car, when in reality, the Edsel shared its engineering and bodywork with other Ford models. The Edsel was to be sold through a newly formed division of the Ford Motor Company, as a companion to the Ford Division, Mercury Division, Lincoln Division and (newly formed but also short-lived) Continental Division. Each division had its own retail organization and dealer network. The free-standing Edsel Division existed from November 1956 until January 1958, after which Edsel sales and marketing operations were integrated into the Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln division (referred to as M-E-L). Initially Edsel was sold through a new network of approximately 1,187 dealers. This briefly brought the total number of dealers of all Ford products to 10,000. Ford saw this as a way to come closer to parity with Chrysler, which had 10,000 dealers, and General Motors, which had 16,000. As soon as it became apparent that the Edsels were not selling, many of these dealers added Lincoln-Mercury, Ford of Britain, or Ford of Germany franchises to their dealerships with the encouragement of Ford Motor Company. Some dealers, however, closed. For the 1958 model year, Edsel produced four models: The larger Mercury-based Citation and Corsair, and the smaller Ford-based Pacer and Ranger. The Citation was offered in two-door and four-door hardtop and two-door convertible versions. The Corsair was available in two-door and four-door hardtop versions. The Pacer was available as a two-door or four-door hardtop, four-door sedan, or two-door convertible. The Ranger was sold in two-door and four-door hardtop or sedan versions. The four-door Bermuda and Villager wagons and the two-door Roundup wagon were based on the 116″-wheelbase Ford station wagon platform and shared the trim and features of the Ranger and Pacer models. The Edsel offered several innovative features, among which were its "rolling dome" speedometer and its Push-button Teletouch transmission shifting system in the center of the steering wheel. Other Edsel design innovations included ergonomically designed controls for the driver and self-adjusting brakes (which Edsel claimed as a first for the industry, even though Studebaker had pioneered them earlier in the decade). Unlike Ford and Mercury, the Edsel Division never had any dedicated manufacturing plants. All Edsels were built in Ford or Mercury plants on a contract basis. In the first year, 63,110 Edsels were sold in the United States; an additional 4,935 units were sold in Canada. Though below expectations, this nevertheless represented the second-largest launch for any new car brand to date, exceeded only by the Plymouth introduction in 1928. For the 1959 model year, Edsel fielded only two series, the Ford-based Ranger and Corsair. The larger Mercury-based Edsels were discontinued. Replacing the Pacer as the top-line Ford-based Edsel, the new Corsair was offered as a two-door and four-door hardtop, four-door sedan, and two-door convertible. The Ranger was sold as a two-door and four-door hardtop, two-door and four-door sedan, and the Villager station wagon. In the 1959 model year, 44,891 Edsels were sold in the U.S. An additional 2,505 units were sold in Canada. For the 1960 model year, Edsel's last, only 2,846 vehicles were produced. All but the pilot cars were assembled at the Louisville, Kentucky, assembly plant. The marque was reduced to the Ranger series of sedans, hardtops, and convertibles and the Villager station wagons. The Edsel shared a basic chassis, glass, and major sheet metal with the 1960 Ford Galaxie and Fairlane models that were built on the Louisville assembly line with it. But the Edsel had its own unique grille, hood, and four upright oblong taillights, along with its side sweep spears. The Edsel's front and rear bumpers were also unique. The Edsel also rode on a longer wheelbase than the concurrent Ford and used a different rear suspension. The cars did, however, share engines and transmissions. The 1960 Edsel Ranger four-door hardtop model used the thin-pillar Ford Fairlane four-door sedan roofline, as opposed to the "square" roofline used on the corresponding Ford four-door hardtop, which was exclusive to the Galaxie line. The Galaxie four-door hardtop's rear door trim panel, however, was fitted to the Ranger. This gave the Edsel four-door hardtop a unique body style that was never offered on any 1960 Ford.
- L'Edsel était une voiture produite par la Ford Motor Company à la fin des années 1950. Le produit fut un échec complet, amenant le terme Edsel à devenir synonyme de produit défectueux. (Réalité extrapolée *) En 1996, Henry Starling, le propriétaire de Chronowerx, qui possédait un vaisseau temporel du 29ème siècle (l'Aeon), suggéra de manière ironique que le nouveau PC Hyperpro soit rebaptisé "Edsel", sa puce informatique étant considérée de qualité inférieure. (VOY: "Future's End, Part I") En 2375, le terme fut également utilisé par Tom Paris, un passionné des automobiles du 20ème siècle, qui l'utilisa pour décrire un moteur à sillage quantique construit par l'équipage de l'USS Voyager, quand il y découvrit des défauts de conception majeurs. (VOY: "Timeless")
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