Roy Brown Jr.: He Was ‘Mr. Edsel’
Posted on 03/6/2013 by Patrick Kiger | Who's News | Comments
Bulletin Today | LegacyAutomotive designer Roy Brown Jr., who died on Feb. 24 at age 96 in Ann Arbor, Mich., had a long and mostly successful career for Ford, but he’s best remembered for one spectacular miscalculation. The Ford Edsel, which lasted just three model years — 1958, 1959 and 1960 — was a moderately priced status car, aimed at upwardly mobile young families who weren’t yet ready for a Lincoln Continental. Instead, it became one of the most infamous automotive flops ever, earning a …
