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Edsel

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-001974

A brand of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company for the 1958, 1959, and 1960 model years. It was intended to be a mid-priced car but suffered from poor sales and was widely considered a commercial failure. The Edsel is often cited as a classic example of a product that failed to meet market expectations.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-001974
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectAutomotive
TranslationsGerman: Edsel; Spanish: Edsel; French: Edsel
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-001974",
  "term": "Edsel",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A brand of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company for the 1958, 1959, and 1960 model years. It was intended to be a mid-priced car but suffered from poor sales and was widely considered a commercial failure. The Edsel is often cited as a classic example of a product that failed to meet market expectations.",
  "subject": "Automotive",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Edsel",
    "es": "Edsel",
    "fr": "Edsel"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/edsel/"
}

Record 2,173 of 7,311 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.