sure seems to be a lot of experts out there ssieczka seems to know the facts i think one of the things for their failure was when they were introduced the US was in a deep recession i know was laid off of my job for 11 months

There is no such thing as a 1957 Edsel, yes production for 1958 started in 57 but they are 1958 models. The Edsel was discontinued in Nov. 1959 after a brief 1960 model production run. So, the Edsel was produced in model year 1958, 1959 and 1960. The 58 is the model you are referring to and have the most unique appearance. 1959 & 1960 shared more and more parts with their Ford cousins and began to look more and more common to Fords. By the way, Edsels are called Edsels, not Ford Edsels any more than you would call a Mercury a Ford Mercury