Not to be confused with Ford Corsair or Lincoln Corsair.
Motor vehicle
Edsel Corsair
1959 Edsel Corsair convertible
Overview
Manufacturer
Edsel (Ford)
Production
1958–1959
Body and chassis
Class
Full-size
Layout
FR layout
Chronology
Predecessor
Mercury Monterey
Successor
Mercury Meteor
The Edsel Corsair is an automobile that was produced and sold by Edsel in 1958 and 1959. For 1958, the Corsair was built on the longer, wider Edsel platform shared with Mercury.[1] For 1959, the Corsair shared the shorter, narrower Ranger platform with Ford.
^Flory, J. "Kelly", Jr. American Cars 1946-1959 (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Coy, 2008), p.888.
The EdselCorsair is an automobile that was produced and sold by Edsel in 1958 and 1959. For 1958, the Corsair was built on the longer, wider Edsel platform...
Ranger and Pacer, and all Edsel station wagons) shared their chassis with the Ford Fairlane, while its premium lines (Corsair and Citation) shared their...
Fairlane sedans (118-inch (300 cm) wheelbase) while the higher-trim EdselCorsair and Edsel Citation shared bodies with the Mercury Monterey and Mercury Montclair...
unrelated EdselCorsair was produced by the former Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln Division of the Ford Motor Company in the United States and sold under its Edsel marque...
1960. Ranger is one of three of Edsel's model nameplates reused by Ford Motor Company products, Villager and Corsair being the others. The Ranger's base...
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chassis with the premium EdselCorsair and Edsel Citation as the Edsel wagons were Ford-based, including the woodgrain Edsel Bermuda, the Mercury division...
author Eric Peters declined to include the Edsel and defended it, saying, "People made fun of the Edsel – Ford's $400 million mistake – but its resemblance...
expanded to a 126-inch wheelbase. Following the cancellation of the EdselCorsair and Edsel Citation (which shared bodies with Mercury), the division used...
dashboard and instruments. In late 1963, a 1959 EdselCorsair-based dashboard was used, and for 1964, a 1959 Edsel Ranger-based dashboard was used. However,...
grew in size, adopting a 126-inch wheelbase. The Mercury-derived EdselCorsair and Edsel Citation were discontinued; for the first time since 1940, Mercury...
line as all other Edsel plants were shared with Mercury or Ford. Somerville built only the larger Corsair and Citation big series Edsels which shared chassis...
with the production of 1958 EdselCorsair and Citation hardtop models. Due to the paint booths not being ready, early Edsel bodies were welded together...
the transmission controls found on many Edsel brand automobiles manufactured by the Edsel and Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln (M-E-L) Divisions of the Ford Motor...
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the showroom after a test drive, usually to children. For example, a 1958 Edsel ad prompted "Road Check The Big One, Get A Little One Free". Though simply...
generations. Edsel Bermuda 1958 2,235 in one generation. EdselCorsair 1958-59 19,305 in one generation. Edsel Citation 1958 9,299 in one generation. Edsel Pacer...
creation of the free-standing Edsel and Continental divisions, Lincoln-Mercury was changed to Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln (MEL), with Edsel slotted alongside/below...
other marques owned or formerly owned by Ford, such as Lincoln, Mercury, Edsel and Merkur. N-series NAA (a.k.a.; Golden Jubilee) 600 Series Workmaster...
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